The bathroom : a social history of cleanliness and the body / Alison K. Hoagland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoagland, Alison K., 1951- author.

Series:

History of human spaces

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bathing customs--United States--History.

Bathing customs.

Bathrooms--United States--History.

Bathrooms.

Hygiene--United States--History.

Hygiene.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 192 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]

Summary:

This book gives a complete history of the American bathroom and describes how the smallest yet most complex room in the American house is at the nexus of personal behavior and public investment. * Offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the American bathroom -- * Provides a detailed look at the material culture of the bathroom -- * Focuses on the bathroom as a social space of consumers -- * Includes chapters that connect the bathroom with the public infrastructure (e.g., sanitation, technology) that surrounds it -- * Features 20 images that show the historical progression of the bathroom in American homes

Contents:

Preface: the personal and the public in the American home

Chronology

Cleanliness: preceding the bathroom

Sanitation: creating the bathroom

Technology: furnishing the bathroom

Infrastructure: connecting the bathroom

Inequality: acquiring the bathroom

Privacy: locating the bathroom

Consumerism: equipping the bathroom

Personal care: selling the bathroom

Beyond cleanliness: expanding the bathroom

Current issues: using the bathroom

Conclusion: personal and public.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-183) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hoagland, Alison K., 1951- Bathroom.

ISBN:

9781440852664

1440852669

OCLC:

1035228013