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The clean body : a modern history /

How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean? The Clean Body explores one of the most fundamental and per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, W. Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019].
Subjects:
Hygiene > Western countries > History.
Laundry > Western countries > History.
Bathing customs > Western countries > History.
Health attitudes.
Europe.
North America.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Cleanliness as tradition. Before the deluge
  • Part 2. Cleanliness as habit. Public places, private spaces
  • Clothes and their cleaning
  • The soap trade and the new hygiene
  • The educators
  • Part 3. Cleanliness as commodity. Bathrooms and bathing
  • The laundry revolution
  • Cleanliness and the beauty business
  • Conclusion: Making the modern clean body.