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

Other author/creatorSmith, Mark M. (Mark Michael), 1968- editor.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice © 2019
Descriptionxxiv, 236 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Smell--History.
Odors--History.
Senses and sensation--History.
Social history.
General noteEditor'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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018036510
ISBN9781946684677 hardcover
ISBN1946684678 hardcover
ISBN9781946684684 paperback
ISBN1946684686 paperback
ISBNEbook

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