Foul bodies : cleanliness in early America / Kathleen M. Brown.

  • Brown, Kathleen M., 1960-
Date:
[2009], ©2009
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xiv, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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Contents

Caring for the early modern body -- Skin -- Corruption -- Empire's new clothes -- Gentility -- Virtue -- Reimagining sickness and health -- Healing housework -- Redemption -- Laborers -- Immersion -- Mission.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-435) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JK.6.AA6-8
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780300106183
  • 0300106181