Toilets, bathtubs, sinks, and sewers

Name: Toilets, bathtubs, sinks, and sewers
ISBN: 9780689318948

a history of the bathroom : illustrated with prints and photographs

av Penny Colman

3/5

(28 stemmer)

Format: 70 sider, Hardcover
Først publisert: 1994
Forlag: Atheneum·Maxwell Macmillan Canada·Maxwell Macmillan International
Emner: Bathrooms·History·Juvenile literature·Toilets·History·Juvenile literature·Bathtubs·History·Juvenile literature·Sanitation·History·Juvenile literature
Språk: English

I found this book on a list of sure-fire hits for boys in fourth or fifth grade. Knowing that it is indeed a topic of great interest for that demographic, I had to check it out There were two mentions of sex in the book, as in this mention about public baths: "Finally, many baths became places where people bought and sold sex; just as in Roman times, church leaders forced the baths to close.

This is a decent basic book. The organization and structure of the book are not very good (jumping around in time and location) but the facts seem to be basically good.

The writing is not great and each historical fact could do with a bit more detailing but, other than that, is a decent book to learn a thing or two about a part of our daily lives we usually take for granted.