The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History by Katherine Ashenburg

The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History

Katherine Ashenburg

358 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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A spirited chronicle of the West's ambivalent relationship with dirt The question of cleanliness is one every age and culture has answered with confidence. For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a two-hour soak in baths of various tempera...

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