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The clean body : a modern history / Peter Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, W. Peter, author.
- 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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