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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Soap and Water : Cleanliness, Dirt and the Working Classes in Vic
- ISBN
- 9781848850521
- Subject Area
- Health & Fitness, Social Science, History, Medical
- Publication Name
- Soap and Water : Cleanliness, Dirt and the Working Classes in Victorian and Edwardian Britain
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- Public Health, Sociology / General, Social History, Healthy Living, Europe / Great Britain / General
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 18.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1848850522
ISBN-13
9781848850521
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84299976
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Soap and Water : Cleanliness, Dirt and the Working Classes in Victorian and Edwardian Britain
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Public Health, Sociology / General, Social History, Healthy Living, Europe / Great Britain / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Social Science, History, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
391.64094109034
Synopsis
From whitened doorsteps to polished boots, starched pinafores to scrubbed floors, this is the compelling story of how Victorians and Edwardians engaged in the pursuit of cleanliness and the battle against grime in domestic life. It is the first book to uncover how cleanliness and dirt were perceived and understood at a period of history when they were an overwhelming preoccupation. Victoria Kelley explores this period of important change, particularly for the working classes when, as Jose Harris comments, 'whole worlds of meaning were conveyed by microscopic household practices, such as whether one washed ...in the bathroom or the bedroom, or at the kitchen sink'. Kelley quotes social surveys, advice literature, autobiographies and soap advertisements, to examine how the extreme poverty of many was being interrogated by the official agencies seeking the means to alleviate it. Cleanliness and dirt became part of both a material and a moral landscape, with working-class women and their domestic work scrutinised in particular. She goes further and examines the spectacular imagery of cleanliness emerging in the soap brands and advertisements that appeared at the heart of early commercial culture. "Soap and Water" is an important contribution to social and design history, as well as to the history of material culture and gender.
LC Classification Number
RA780
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