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New York: Oxford University Press, Date: 2019. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 160mm x 240mm. Minimal wear to jacket. Book very clean. Binding tight. 343pp. 2019. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195395484 9780195395488 [AU]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition Minimal wear to jacket. Book very clean. Binding tight. 343pp Size: 160mm x 240mm [Gloucester, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.45 [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 1.45 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
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Oxford University Press, USA 9/3/2019 Hardback or Cased Book New in New jacket Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse (Hardback or Cased Book)
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover signs of little wear on the cover. [Bensalem, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: OUP USA 2019-11-28, New York, NY] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 1.45 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
Hardback. New. The first history of the banya, this book offers a sweeping cultural history of an institution that is emblematic of Russian identity. ISBN 0195395484 9780195395488 [GB]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0195395484, ISBN13: 9780195395488, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social strata have treated bathing as a communal activity integrating personal hygiene and public health with rituals, relaxation, conversations, drinking, political intrigue, business, and sex. Communal steam baths have survived the Mongols, Peter the Great, and Soviet communism and remain a central and unifying national custom.Combining the ancient elements of earth, water, and fire, the banya paradoxically cleans bodies and spreads disease, purifies and defiles, creates community and underscoresdifference.Here, Ethan Pollock tells the history of this ubiquitous and enduring institution. He explores the bathhouse's role in Russian identity, following public figures (from Catherine the Great to Rasputin to Putin), writers (such as Chekhov and Dostoevsky), foreigners (including Mark Twain and Casanova), and countless other men and women into the banya to discover the meanings they have found there. The story comes up to the present, exploring the continuedimportance of banyas in Russia and their newfound popularity in cities across the globe. Drawing on sources as diverse as ancient chronicles, government reports, medical books, and popular culture, Pollockshows how the banya has persisted, adapted, and flourished ...
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