Keeping clean
By: Alex Stewart
Series: Everyday history
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780531145463
Subjects: Bathing customs; Baths; Juvenile literature; Pictorial works; History
Description: Details the history of people's cleaning techniques, from ancient bathing rituals to jacuzzis and showers.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Taking a bath; title: Roman baths; title: Ceremonial baths; title: Medieval bathhouses; title: Smells and bugs; title: Taking the waters; title: Tin bathtubs; title: The soap story; title: On tap; title: Public baths; title: The bathroom; title: Teeth and hair; title: Steam and swirl; title: Time line.