Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity
Smith, Virginia (Virginia Sarah)2008
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From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from ascetics to cosmetics, 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.
Main title:
Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity / Virginia Smith.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
viii, 457 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-436) and index.
ISBN:
9780199532087 (pbk)
Dewey class:
613.409613.409
Language:
English
BRN:
1475190