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Author Brown, Kathleen M., 1960-

Title Foul bodies : cleanliness in early America / Kathleen M. Brown.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 450 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Society and the sexes in the modern world
Society and the sexes in the modern world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-435) and index.
Contents Caring for the early modern body -- Skin -- Corruption -- Empire's new clothes -- Gentility -- Virtue -- Reimagining sickness and health -- Healing housework -- Redemption -- Laborers -- Immersion -- Mission.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Hygiene -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Hygiene.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Hygiene -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Hygiene -- history.
Cultural Evolution.
History, 17th Century.
History, 18th Century.
History, 19th Century.
Human Body.
United States.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Brown, Kathleen M., 1960- Foul bodies. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300106183 (DLC) 2008022131 (OCoLC)150336396
ISBN 9780300160277 (electronic book)
0300160275 (electronic book)
1282352075
9781282352070
9780300106183 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0300106181 (cloth ; alkaline paper)