Title: Foul bodies
First published: 2008
Description: A cultural history of the American notion of cleanliness: its origins, motivations, and development through the mid 19th century.  The origins are European, primarily English; the motivations are the usual - morality, religion, sexuality - development was driven by technological and medial advances, as well as contact with alien cultures, including indigenous populations and slaves.
Subjects: Cultural Evolution, History, History, 17th Century, History, 18th Century, History, 19th Century, Human Body, Hygiene
Places: Atlantic-bordering nations: America, England, United States, various in Africa
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century
LC classification: RA780 .B76 2008