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'So clean' : Lord Leverhulme, soap and civilization / Brian Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Brian, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever, Viscount, 1851-1925.
- Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever.
- Industrialists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Industrialists.
- Philanthropists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- Soap trade--Great Britain.
- Soap trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- A critical, warts-and-all biography of Lord Leverhulme, this title is as much a social, economic and cultural history as it is a biography, placing Lever in his context, leading to a better understanding of some key aspects of his times.
- Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Napoleon of soap
- 2. Soft soap and soap operas
- 3. Sunlight for the unwashed
- 4. Sunlight for savages
- 5. Twilight
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 23, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-3043-2
- OCLC:
- 1085658934
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