Clean :: a history of personal hygiene and purity /

A pioneering history of personal hygiene and body-care, from the earliest times to the present. From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, Virginia Smith looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout history, this strivin...

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1. Verfasser: Smith, Virginia (Virginia Sarah)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung:A pioneering history of personal hygiene and body-care, from the earliest times to the present. From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, Virginia Smith looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout history, this striving for purity has brought great social benefits as well as great tragedies. - ;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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 457 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-436) and index.
ISBN:9780191538193
0191538191
0199297797
9780199297795
1281155209
9781281155207
9786611155209
6611155201
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9781429489959

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