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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kathleen M. Brown, BROWN KATHLEEN M, Brown Kathleen M.
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 08.03.2011
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia
• EAN: 9780300171556
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17155-6
• Numero di pagine: 464
• Serie: 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
• Categorie: 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