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Hubbub: Filth, Noise and Stench in England, 1600-1770: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770 | 
| Author: Emily Cockayne
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 15811
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0300137567
Dewey Decimal Number: 941
EAN: 9780300137569
ASIN: 0300137567
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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Great read... July 20, 2007
44 out of 49 found this review helpful
I finished reading this excellent book yesterday. I was slightly dubious about it at first, with the subject matter being what it was, but far from it being an out and out grime-fest it proved to be an insightful and well written social history of the very late Tudor and Stuart periods.
The text gives you a really good impression of wha life must have been like for 'ordinary' folks in these times and all the grisly, dirty and unhygienic things they were exposed to.
There is reliance on the work of Diarists and Social Commentators of the time and they prove to be helpful and amusing.
Thomas Tyron in particular stood out to me as a particular joy - with his neurotic and obsessive ideas (but in actual fact they turn out to be rather forward thinking with hindsight).
I can't really find any fault with this book at all, and I was very sad to have finished it. I think it would be excellent for anyone studying the period in history, or indeed, for anyone with a passing fascination for matters of grime and hygiene! Well worth a read.
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