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Foul bodies : cleanliness in early America /

A nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life, says Kathleen Brown in this unusual cultural history. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, she traces...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Kathleen M., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Series:Society and the sexes in the modern world.
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Online Access:Texto completo