Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All the dirt

Oclc number

935988199

Responsibility statement

Katherine Ashenburg ; illustrated by Capucine Mazille

Sub title

a history of getting clean

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification