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The Clean Body: A Modern History Hardcover – Illustrated, November 1, 2019

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    McGill-Queen's University Press
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“The Clean Body is a swift, lively, and sweeping survey as well as a thoroughly enjoyable read. Ward’s ability to synthesize the history of seven countries is remarkable. It offers readers a fascinating perspective on the history of cleanliness at a time when it is likely on many of our minds as we wash our hands for reasons of both personal hygiene and civic duty.” Canadian Bulletin of Medical History

"As The Clean Body makes clear, the hygiene revolution was tied in with the rise of consumerism and its concomitant exploitation of natural resources ― things that have contributed greatly to our current environmental tipping point." The Montreal Gazette

"In The Clean Body: A Modern History [Ward] promises to tell the story of the 'cleanliness revolution,' offering cleanliness as a lens through which to view a society in transition, whether culturally, technologically, or scientifically." Our environmental woes too are the logical conclusion to a history of growing consumption, of things as well as resources. As Ward writes, "Once an element of nature, [water] had become a commodity, an engineered product of the industrial economy, ... its presence in everyday life taken utterly for granted."" Literary Review of Canada

"The Clean Body is a beautifully written tour de force, a wonderfully accessible book, and a joy to read. Peter Ward draws extensively on the literature in four languages and moves with ease between rich empirical detail, theoretical soundings, and socioeconomic data." Brian Lewis, McGill University and co-editor of The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London: Charles Booth, Christian Charity, and the Poor-but-Respectable

Ward has written a rare thing: a history of the clean body, yes, but also a history of societal expectation, technological innovation, class, privacy and spare time. This is one of those uncommon works that makes the everyday hardship of the past come to life, while at the same time making the reader critique their own expectations about the world. A masterful work. History Today

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Recounting the history of personal hygiene in Europe and North America and the making of the modern clean body.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGill-Queen's University Press; Illustrated edition (November 1, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0773559388
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0773559387
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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