Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America by Kathleen M. Brown

Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America

Kathleen M. Brown

464 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A nation’s standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life, says Kathleen Brown in this unusual cultural history. Starting with the shake-up of European practices th...

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