Clean : an unsanitised history of washing
Ashenburg, Katherine2009
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Katherine Ashenburg uses the seemingly routine task of washing (or not) as a starting point for a unique exploration of Western culture. 'Clean' takes us on a journey that is by turn edifying, humorous, startling and not always for the squeamish.
Main title:
Clean : an unsanitised history of washing / Katherine Ashenburg.
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Imprint:
London : Profile, 2009.
Collation:
358 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: as The dirt on clean. Toronto, Ont.: Knopf, 2007; as Clean. London: Profile, 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846681011 (pbk)
Dewey class:
391.6'4'09391.6409
Language:
English
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BRN:
875974
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