Foul Bodies - Cleanliness in Early America

Zusammenfassung States that a nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, this title traces attitudes toward 'dirt' through the mid-nineteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen M. Brown, BROWN KATHLEEN M, Brown Kathleen M.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2011
• EAN: 9780300171556
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17155-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Society and the Sexes in the M; Society and the Sexes in the Modern World; Society and the Sexes in the M; Society and the Sexes in the Modern World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Hygiene, USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, MEDICAL / Public Health, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas