Smell and history : a reader / edited by Mark M. Smith.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Mark M. (Mark Michael), 1968- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Smell > History.
Odors > History.
Senses and sensation > History.
Social history.
Odors.
Odors > Social aspects.
Senses and sensation.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxiv, 236 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Description
Note:Editor's introduction : smelling the past / Mark M. Smith -- Introduction : Why smell the past? / Alain Corbin -- Scent and sacrifice in the early Christian world / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Urban smells and Roman noses / Neville Morley -- Medieval smellscapes / C.M. Woolgar -- Smelling the New World / Holly Dugan -- Gender, medicine, and smell in seventeenth-century England / Jennifer Evans -- Smell and Victorian England / Jonathan Reinarz -- Reodorizing the modern age / Robert Jütte -- Making "others" smell / Mark M. Smith -- Epilogue : futures of scents past / David Howes.
Call Number:GT2847 .S64 2019
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781946684677
1946684678
9781946684684
1946684686