Smell in eighteenth-century England : a social sense /

In England from the 1670s to the 1820s a transformation took place in how smell and the senses were viewed. Using a wide range of sources from diaries, letters, and sanitary records to satirical prints, consumer objects, and magazines, William Tullett traces how individuals and communities perceived...

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Talking Dirty: Languages of Smell --
Smell on the Streets: Occupational Odours and Sanitary Scents --
Air and Odour: Atmospheric Investigations --
The Smell of Drugs: Medicines, the Senses, and Efficacy --
Metaphoric Odours: Political Corruption and Heavenly Scents --
Tobacco's Publics: Smoking out and Snuffing in --
Material Cultures of Scent: The Curious Smelling Bottle --
Individual Atmospheres: Perfume and Sensory Performances
1. Verfasser:
Tullett, William
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
In England from the 1670s to the 1820s a transformation took place in how smell and the senses were viewed. Using a wide range of sources from diaries, letters, and sanitary records to satirical prints, consumer objects, and magazines, William Tullett traces how individuals and communities perceived the smells around them.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations.
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2019.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-187976-2
0-19-258244-5
0-19-258245-3
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