The clean body : a modern history /

How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean? This book explores one of the most fundamental and pervasiv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, W. Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019
Temas:
Hygiene > Western countries > History.
Laundry > Western countries > History.
Bathing customs > Western countries > History.
Baths > history
Hygiène > Occident > Histoire.
Blanchissage > Occident > Histoire.
Bains > Occident > Histoire.
49.40 personal hygiene (domestic science)
Bathing customs
Hygiene
Laundry
Körperpflege
Western countries
Westliche Welt
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cleanliness as tradition. Before the deluge
  • Cleanliness as habit. Public places, private spaces ; Clothes and their cleaning ; The soap trade and the new hygiene ; The educators
  • Cleanliness as commodity. Bathrooms and bathing ; The laundry revolution ; Cleanliness and the beauty business
  • Conclusion : Making the modern clean body.

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