Smell and history [electronic resource] : 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 : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Smell > History.
Odors > History.
Senses and sensation > History.
Social history.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Smell and History: A Reader
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.