Title Soap and water : cleanliness, dirt and the working classes in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / Victoria Kelley

Published London ; New York : I. B. Taurus, [2010] ©2010

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Description xii, 240 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. One Monday Washday class and the ideal organisation of cleanliness -- 1.Cleanliness, Dirt and Health -- 2.Cleanliness, Dirt and the Boundaries of Class -- 3.Order and Repetition in the Work of Cleanliness -- ch. Two The Place Where My Mother Could Always Be Found working-class domesticity, gender and cleanliness -- 1.The Material Practice of Cleanliness -- 2.Mother and Home -- 3.Cleanliness and Working-Class Consumption -- ch. Three No Rubbing, No Scrubbing cleanliness and commerce -- 1.Selling Soap -- 2.An Analysis of Soap Advertising -- 3.Habit and Commodity: a Sunlight Demonstration Notes Includes index and bibliographical references Bibliography Bibliography: pages [225]-233 Subject Bathing customs -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Bathing customs -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Hygiene -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Hygiene -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Hygiene -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Hygiene -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Sanitation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Sanitation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Sanitation, Household -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Sanitation, Household -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Working class -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Working class -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056943 Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056944 LC no. 2010484394 ISBN 1848850522 9781848850521

Other Titles Cleanliness, dirt and the working classes in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

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