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Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity
Virginia Smith
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Description for Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity
Paperback. A pioneering history of personal hygiene and body-care, from the earliest times to the present day. Num Pages: 470 pages, 23 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HB; HBTB; MBNH1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 131 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490.
Why do we still have nits? What exactly are 'purity rules'? And why have baths scarcely changed in 200 years? The long history of personal hygiene and purity is a fascinating subject that reveals how closely we are linked to our deeper past. In this pioneering book, Virginia Smith covers the global history of human body-care from the Neolithic to the present, using first-hand accounts and sources. From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from ascetics to cosmetics, Smith looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout ... Read more
Why do we still have nits? What exactly are 'purity rules'? And why have baths scarcely changed in 200 years? The long history of personal hygiene and purity is a fascinating subject that reveals how closely we are linked to our deeper past. In this pioneering book, Virginia Smith covers the global history of human body-care from the Neolithic to the present, using first-hand accounts and sources. From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from ascetics to cosmetics, Smith looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199532087
SKU
V9780199532087
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Virginia Smith
Virginia Smith is a freelance historian who specializes in the history of personal hygiene. She was previously a Fellow of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, under the supervision of the late Roy Porter, and is currently an honorary fellow of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her ... Read more
Reviews for Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity
This is a fascinating account of cleanliness, from BC to MRSA.
BBC History Magazine.
This is a fascinating cornucopia of cleanliness.
P. D. Smith. The Guardian.
Smith's book, filled with offbeat erudition, is a fascinating journey through centuries.
Sunday Times.
BBC History Magazine.
This is a fascinating cornucopia of cleanliness.
P. D. Smith. The Guardian.
Smith's book, filled with offbeat erudition, is a fascinating journey through centuries.
Sunday Times.