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Foul bodies : cleanliness in early America /

Brown provides an intimate view of cleanliness practices and how such forces as urbanization, immigration, market conditions, and concerns about social mobility influenced them. Broad in historical scope and imaginative in its insights, this book expands the topic of cleanliness to encompass much la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Kathleen M., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
Series:Society and the sexes in the modern world.
Subjects:
Hygiene > United States > History > 18th century.
Hygiene > United States > History > 19th century.
Hygiene > history > United States.
Cultural Evolution > United States.
History, 17th Century > United States.
History, 18th Century > United States.
History, 19th Century > United States.
Human Body > United States.
Reinlichkeit.
Körperpflege.
Hygiene.
USA.
hygiène > Etats-Unis > 18e s. / 19e s.
Geschichte 1600-1900
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Summary:Brown provides an intimate view of cleanliness practices and how such forces as urbanization, immigration, market conditions, and concerns about social mobility influenced them. Broad in historical scope and imaginative in its insights, this book expands the topic of cleanliness to encompass much larger issues, including religion, health, gender, class, and race relations.
Physical Description:xiv, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-435) and index.
ISBN:9780300106183 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300106181 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300171556 (pbk.)
0300171552 (pbk.)