The dirt on clean : an unsanitized history / Katherine Ashenburg.
By: Ashenburg, Katherine.
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BookPublisher: New York : North Point Press, c2007Edition: 1st American ed.Description: 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780865476905 (hardcover : alk. paper); 086547690X (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Bathing customs | Hygiene | Baths | HygieneDDC classification: 391.6/4 Summary: Explores how cleanliness and bathing have been viewed throughout history, focusing on how notions of privacy, health, individuality, religion, and sexuality have influenced different cultures' bathing practices.
Originally published in 2007 by Alfred A. Knopf, Canada.
Explores how cleanliness and bathing have been viewed throughout history, focusing on how notions of privacy, health, individuality, religion, and sexuality have influenced different cultures' bathing practices.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-333) and index.
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