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The clean body : a modern history / Peter Ward.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ward, W. Peter, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hygiene--Western countries--History.
Hygiene.
Laundry--Western countries--History.
Laundry.
Bathing customs--Western countries--History.
Bathing customs.
Baths--history.
History.
Western countries.
Medical Subjects:
Baths--history.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 313 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2019]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Part 1 Cleanliness as Tradition
1 Before the Deluge p. 11
Part 2 Cleanliness as Habit
2 Public Places, Private Spaces p. 49
3 Clothes and Their Cleaning p. 84
4 The Soap Trade and the New Hygiene p. 107
5 The Educators p. 131
Part 3 Cleanliness as Commodity
6 Bathrooms and Bathing p. 158
7 The Laundry Revolution p. 174
8 Cleanliness and the Beauty Business p. 202.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-308) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Online version: Ward, W. Peter. Clean body.
ISBN:
9780228000624
0228000629
Publisher Number:
99987403839
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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