Virginia Smith

Clean

A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Subtitled, "A History Of Personal Hygiene & Purity". The global history of human body care, from the Neolithic to the present day. 'Lots of fascinating revelations.' "Evening Standard"

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A pioneering history of personal hygiene and body-care, from the earliest times to the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780199532087
• ISBN-10: 0199532087
• Artikelnr.: 23578834

Autorenporträt

Virginia Smith is a freelance historian who specializes in the history of personal hygiene. She was previously a Fellow of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, under the supervision of the late Roy Porter, and is currently an honorary fellow of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her current research interests include the history of cosmetics, spas, and nudity.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Bio-Physicality
2: The Cosmetic Toilette
3: Greek Hygiene
4: Roman Baths
5: Asceticism
6: Medieval Morals
7: Protestant Regimens
8: Civil Cleanliness
9: Health Crusaders
10: The Body Beautiful
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