History in the pub: The historiography of J.D. Wetherspoon

Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI:10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100889
Nathan Smith
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J. D. Wetherspoon is a popular pub chain in the United Kingdom. Despite its prominence in British cultural life and active and deliberate engagement with history, it has received scant academic attention. Here, this engagement with history is explored with a particular focus on how Wetherspoon approaches the history of science. This paper highlights the focus of Wetherspoon on local history and, in particular, on local exceptionalism, before discussing how such an understanding of history informs wider debates—such as Wetherspoon’s support of Brexit (the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union). It contributes to understandings of what constitutes popular history and, through doing so, emphasises the need for historians to engage with historical narratives outside the academy.

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酒吧里的历史:J.D. Wetherspoon的史学
j.d. Wetherspoon是英国一家很受欢迎的连锁酒吧。尽管它在英国文化生活中占有重要地位,并积极而审慎地参与历史研究,但它却很少受到学术界的关注。在这里,我们特别关注韦瑟斯彭是如何处理科学史的。本文强调了Wetherspoon对当地历史的关注,特别是对当地例外论的关注,然后讨论了这种对历史的理解如何影响更广泛的辩论-例如Wetherspoon对英国退欧(英国退出欧盟)的支持。它有助于理解什么是通俗历史,并通过这样做,强调历史学家需要参与学术以外的历史叙述。
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