bathing customs

"Explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene revolution. Surveys the great hygienic transformation that took place across Europe and North America over the course of four centuries"--Amazon.

A look at the history of bathing customs, including details about bizarre and deadly trends.

"Millions of children around the world take baths every day. Many of them don't want to at first... But once they get into their Australian bogey hole, Colombian mud volcano, or Nepalese hot spring, they don't want to get out!"--Dust jacket.

Details the history of people's cleaning techniques, from ancient bathing rituals to jacuzzis and showers.

Explores how cleanliness and bathing have been viewed throughout history, focusing on how notions of privacy, health, individuality, religion, and sexuality have influenced different cultures' bathing practices.

A history of bathroom facilities from Sumerian and Roman times to the present.

Describes people's feelings about bathing and methods of keeping clean throughout history, from the Stone Age to modern times.