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Good reading copy with some highlighting, notes, and underlining throughout. The printed price of the book has been removed by a couple of holes punched near the bottom of the back cover. Date: 1996. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0195111281 9780195111286 [US]
Oxford University Press 1996 Trade Paperback Used-A Americans in the early 19th century were, as one foreign traveller bluntly put it, 'filthy, bordering on the beastly'--perfectly at home in dirty, bug-infested, malodorous surroundings. Many a home swarmed with flies, barnyard animals, dust, and dirt; clothes were seldom washed; men hardly ever shaved or bathed. Yet gradually all this changed, and today, Americans are known worldwide for their obsession with cleanliness--for their sophisticated plumbing, daily bathing, shiny hair and teeth, and spotless clothes. In Chasing Dirt, Suellen Hoy provides a colorful history of this remarkable transformation from 'dreadfully dirty' to 'cleaner than clean, ' ranging from the pre-Civil War era to the 1950s, when American's obsession with cleanliness reached its peak. Hoy offers here a fascinating narrative, filled with vivid portraits of the men and especially the women who helped America come clean. She examines the work of early promoters of cleanliness, such as Catharine Beecher and Sylvester Graham; and describes how the Civil War marked a turning point in our attitudes toward cleanliness, discussing the work of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, headed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and revealing how the efforts of Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War inspired American women--such as Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton, and Louisa May Alcott--to volunteer as nurses during the war. We also read of the postwar efforts of George E. Waring, ...
Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Oxford University Press, Incorporated ISBN 0195111281 9780195111286 [US]
Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Oxford University Press, Incorporated ISBN 0195111281 9780195111286 [US]
Oxford University Press, Date: 1996. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1996. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195111281 9780195111286 [US]
Oxford University Press, Date: 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1996. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195111281 9780195111286 [US]
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Paperback / softback. New. The American pursuit of cleanliness has often been described as a national obsession. Charting the development of this trait, this study stresses the influence of women, the recognition of the need to fight disease, and the manner in which cleanliness became an American middle-class fixation. ISBN 0195111281 9780195111286 [GB]
Oxford University Press. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press ISBN 0195111281 9780195111286 [US]
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