The porcelain god : a social history of the toilet / Julie L. Horan ; illustrations by Deborah Frazi...
The porcelain god : a social history of the toilet / Julie L. Horan ; illustrations by Deborah Frazi...
The porcelain god : a social history of the toilet / Julie L. Horan ; illustrations by Deborah Frazier.
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Publisher
Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, c1996.
Call Numbers
N394/10
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Dawn of Civilization -- 2. The Middle Ages: Sir Lancelot's Toilet -- 3. Premodern Europe: Raunchy Reveille 1500-1700 -- 4. The Age of Enlightenment: Common Commodes 1700-1800 -- 5. The Victorian Age: Prim and Proper Piss Pots 1800-1920 -- 6. The Twentieth Century: Out of the Closet 1920-Prese...
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Publisher
Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, c1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
The earliest toilets, found in the Indus Valley in the third millennium B.C., evolved over five thousand years into the high-tech twentieth-century toilets of the Japanese. In the past, disposing of human waste consisted of collecting the offense in a pot and throwing the contents out the window. It was said in medieval times that London Bridge was...
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Full title
The porcelain god : a social history of the toilet / Julie L. Horan ; illustrations by Deborah Frazier.
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"A Birch Lane Press book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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Call Numbers
N394/10
Record Identifier
74VvwyEPVZ5A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvwyEPVZ5A
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ISBN
0806519479 :
9781559723466 (hardcover)
1559723467 (hardcover)
9780806519470 :
DDC
394
MMS ID
991004438189702626
