Originally published: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2007 Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary Canadiana Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-333) and index
Contents:
"But they didn't smell?" The social bath: Greeks and Romans Bathed in Christ: 200-1000 A steamy interlude: 1000-1550 A passion for clean linen: 1550-1750 The return of water: 1750-1815 Baths and how to take them: Europe, 1815-1900 Wet all over at once: America, 1815-1900 Soap opera: 1900-1950 The household shrine: 1950 to the present Acknowledgments Notes Selected bibliography Text permissions Image credits Index
