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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.330kg ISBN: 9781041036760ISBN 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 ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents1. 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 DirectionsReviewsAuthor InformationPeter 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |