The Clean Body
A Modern History
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2019
337 pages
978-0-2280-0062-4 (ISBN)
Description
Recounting the history of personal hygiene in Europe and North America and the making of the modern clean body.
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11/2019
McGill-Queen's University Press
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Ward Peter:
Peter Ward is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and the author of several books on the social history of Canada and the history of population health.Peter Ward is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and the author of several books on the social history of Canada and the history of population health.
Peter Ward is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and the author of several books on the social history of Canada and the history of population health.Peter Ward is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and the author of several books on the social history of Canada and the history of population health.
Content
- Cover
- THE CLEAN BODY
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Preface: Beginnings
- Introduction: Contexts
- PART ONE | CLEANLINESS AS TRADITION
- 1 Before the Deluge
- PART TWO | CLEANLINESS AS HABIT
- 2 Public Places, Private Spaces
- 3 Clothes and Their Cleaning
- 4 The Soap Trade and the New Hygiene
- 5 The Educators
- PART THREE | CLEANLINESS AS COMMODITY
- 6 Bathrooms and Bathing
- 7 The Laundry Revolution
- 8 Cleanliness and the Beauty Business
- Conclusion: Making the Modern Clean Body
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index
