| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 457 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-436) and index. |
| Contents |
Bio-physicality -- THe cosmetic toilette -- Greek hygiene -- Roman baths -- Asceticism -- Medieval morals -- Protestant regimens -- Civil cleanliness -- Health crusaders -- THe body beautiful. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hygiene -- History.
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Hygiene. |
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History. |
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Baths -- History.
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Baths. |
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Hygiene -- history. |
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History of Medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
History of personal hygiene and purity |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Virginia (Virginia Sarah). Clean. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199297795 0199297797 (DLC) 2007298113 (OCoLC)80331771 |
| ISBN |
9780191538193 (electronic book) |
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0191538191 (electronic book) |
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0199297797 (Cloth) |
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9780199297795 (Cloth) |
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1281155209 |
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9781281155207 |
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0199532087 (paperback) |
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9780199532087 (paperback) |
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