Hubbub Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770

Name: Hubbub Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770
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ISBN: 9780300137569

ISBN-10: 0300137567

ISBN-13: 9780300137569

Edition: 2008

Authors: Emily Cockayne

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Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences—traffic jams, noisy neighbors, pollution, food scares—but urban nuisances of the past existed on a different scale entirely, this book explains in vivid detail. Focusing on offenses to the eyes, ears, noses, taste buds, and skin of inhabitants of England’s pre-Industrial Revolution cities,Hubbubtransports us to a world in which residents were scarred by smallpox, refuse rotted in the streets, pigs and dogs roamed free, and food hygiene consisted of little more than spit and polish. Through the stories of a large cast of characters from varied walks of life, the book compares what daily life was like in different cities across…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English