Clean
Subtitle: a history of personal hygiene and purity
By: Virginia Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780199297795; 9780199532087
Subjects: Hygiene; History; History of Medicine; Baths
Other titles: History of personal hygiene and purity
Description: "Using first-hand accounts and sources, Clean unfolds the long history of personal hygiene and purity from pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from medieval ascetics to 21st century cosmetics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-436) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bio-physicality; title: The cosmetic toilette; title: Greek hygiene; title: Roman baths; title: Asceticism; title: Medieval morals; title: Protestant regimens; title: Civil cleanliness; title: Health crusaders; title: The body beautiful.