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Bathing customs

  • The Clean Body : A Modern History
    Author:
    Ward, Peter
    Summary:

    How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so...
  • At the beach
    Author:
    Urbain, Jean-Didier
    Summary:

    Around the world, when people think of vacation it's the beach they want-even when long distances must be traversed, the seashore is the place to escape the rigors of modern life. How did this come to be, and what does our ongoing love...
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