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ISBN: 0295746106

ISBN13: 9780295746104

Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America

(Part of the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books Series)

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What did nineteenth-century cities smell like? And how did odors matter in the formation of a modern environmental consciousness? Smell Detectives follows the nineteenth-century Americans who used their noses to make sense of the sanitary challenges caused by rapid urban and industrial growth. Melanie Kiechle examines nuisance complaints, medical writings, domestic advice, and myriad discussions of what constituted fresh air, and argues...

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