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The Resource All the dirt : a history of getting clean, Katherine Ashenburg ; illustrated by Capucine Mazille

All the dirt : a history of getting clean, Katherine Ashenburg ; illustrated by Capucine Mazille

Label
All the dirt : a history of getting clean
Title
All the dirt
Title remainder
a history of getting clean
Statement of responsibility
Katherine Ashenburg ; illustrated by Capucine Mazille
Creator
Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Presents information about personal cleanliness in different historical periods and cultures from around the world, examining the widely varying conceptions of what cleanliness has meant in different times and places
Additional physical form
Issued also in electronic formats.
Cataloging source
NLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Ashenburg, Katherine
Dewey number
j613/.4
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
RA780
LC item number
.A82 2016
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Mazille, Capucine
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hygiene
  • Baths
  • Baths
  • Hygiene
  • Hygiene
Target audience
juvenile
Label
All the dirt : a history of getting clean, Katherine Ashenburg ; illustrated by Capucine Mazille
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Eight myths about "clean" -- Ancient grime: 3000 BCE to 306 CE -- Saints, steam, and soap: 307 to 1550 -- It's a foul, foul world: 1550 to 1715 -- Some like it cold: 1715 to 1800 -- Baths and how to take them: Europe, 1800 to 1900 -- Wet all over at once: North America, 1800 to 1900 -- Soap opera: 1875 to 1960 -- The household shrine: 1960 to the present -- Good microbes, bad microbes: into the future
Control code
ocn935988199
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
108 pages
Isbn
9781554517909
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)935988199
Label
All the dirt : a history of getting clean, Katherine Ashenburg ; illustrated by Capucine Mazille
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Eight myths about "clean" -- Ancient grime: 3000 BCE to 306 CE -- Saints, steam, and soap: 307 to 1550 -- It's a foul, foul world: 1550 to 1715 -- Some like it cold: 1715 to 1800 -- Baths and how to take them: Europe, 1800 to 1900 -- Wet all over at once: North America, 1800 to 1900 -- Soap opera: 1875 to 1960 -- The household shrine: 1960 to the present -- Good microbes, bad microbes: into the future
Control code
ocn935988199
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
108 pages
Isbn
9781554517909
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)935988199

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