The Bathroom: A Social History of Cleanliness and the Body

This book gives a complete history of the American bathroom and describes how the smallest yet most complex room in the American house is at the nexus of personal behavior and public investment.

• Offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the American bathroom

• Provides a detailed look at the material culture of the bathroom

• Focuses on the bathroom as a social space of consumers

• Includes chapters that connect the bathroom with the public infrastructure (e.g., sanitation, technology) that surrounds it

• Features 20 images that show the historical progression of the bathroom in American homes