With Light Steam : A Personal Journey through the Russian Baths /

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In 1996 Bryon MacWilliams left the relative stability of the United States for the chaos of post-Soviet Russia and stayed. Over the course of nearly twelve years he reported on academe and the sciences for the world's leading publications and sought out the best baths--or banyas--everywhere he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: MacWilliams, Bryon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manners and customs.
Baths, Russian.
Bathing customs.
Bathhouses.
Bains russes.
Bains > Russie.
Bathhouses > Russia (Federation)
Bathing customs > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Author Note
  • Prologue
  • The Banya Is Everything
  • The Banya Is an Entire Philosophy
  • The Banya Is Communion
  • The Banya Is Holy
  • The Banya Is Life
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments

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