In a book whose insight and originality have already had a dazzling impact in France, Alain Corbin has put the sense of smell on the historical map. He conjures up the dominion that the combined forces of smells--from the seductress's civet to the ubiquitous excremental odors of city cesspools--exercised over the lives (and deaths) of the French in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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In a book whose insight and originality have already had a dazzling impact in France, Alain Corbin has put the sense of smell on the historical map. He conjures up the dominion that the combined forces of smells--from the seductress's civet to the ubiquitous excremental odors of city cesspools--exercised over the lives (and deaths) of the French in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Very Good. Size: 2x0x1; Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good Mylar-protected dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. 1/8" rip on front cover at top edge. 1/4" rip on top edge and 1/2" rip on bottom of back cover. Foxing on top edge. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
