Hygiene in World History

Author:   Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781041036760


Pages:   170
Publication Date:   29 September 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9781041036760


ISBN 10:   1041036760
Pages:   170
Publication Date:   29 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Hygiene and History 2. Early Stages of Human Hygiene: from hunting and gathering to early civilizations 3. Hygiene Advances, Limitations and Styles in Classical and Postclassical Societies, c.800 BCE -1500 CE 4. Toward More Explicit Hygiene, 1500-1800 5. Hygiene in the Modern World: themes and challenges 6. The Hygiene Revolution in the West, 1800-1920s 7. Hygiene and Imperialism 8. Independence Outside the West, 1850-1950: Hygiene in Latin America, the Middle East and Japan 9. Communist Revolutions and Hygiene 10. Beyond the Sanitary Revolution: Western societies in the 20th century 11. Hygiene and Globalization, 1970s-2020s 12. Main Themes and New Directions

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Peter N. Stearns is Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus, at George Mason University, United States. In both teaching and writing he has worked to explore major topics in a world history framework, as in his book on Punishment in World History. This new book, on hygiene, also relates to his interest in the history of emotions, where he has helped to develop a major research field.

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