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Chasing dirt the American pursuit of cleanliness
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Title
Chasing dirt [electronic resource] : the American pursuit of cleanliness / Suellen Hoy.
ISBN
9780199854011 (ebook) :
Published
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 258 p.) : ill.
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Summary
In 'Chasing Dirt', Suellen Hoy provides a colourful history of the remarkable transformation from "dreadfully dirty" to "cleaner than clean," ranging from the pre-Civil War era to the 1950s, when American's obsession with cleanliness reached its peak.
Variant and related titles
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 01, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Oxford University Press.
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