Bogs, Baths and Basins
The Story of Domestic Sanitation
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2006
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-4125-9 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-4125-9 (ISBN)
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Bogs, baths and basins
Covers the early primitive sanitation devices such as cesspits and urban dung heaps. From Roman times up to modern-day luxury, this book leads us chronologically through the story of sanitation. It also describes the advances that came with the onslaught of technology from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. With first hand accounts and evidence from diaries and contemporary records, David Eveleigh traces the history of inventions that have affected everyone throughout history, told with a lively combination of human interest and drama.
Covers the early primitive sanitation devices such as cesspits and urban dung heaps. From Roman times up to modern-day luxury, this book leads us chronologically through the story of sanitation. It also describes the advances that came with the onslaught of technology from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. With first hand accounts and evidence from diaries and contemporary records, David Eveleigh traces the history of inventions that have affected everyone throughout history, told with a lively combination of human interest and drama.
DAVID J. EVELEIGH is Curator of Social History at Blaise Castle Museum, Bristol. He has written a number of previous books including Old Cooking Utensils, Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges and The Victorian Farmer.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.11.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 172 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 600 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Handwerk | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-4125-1 / 0750941251 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-4125-9 / 9780750941259 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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