{"product_id":"concerning-beards-9781350213012","title":"Concerning Beards","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlun Withey\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter, UK, and has recently completed a Wellcome Trust-funded research project \u003ci\u003eDo Beards Matter?: Facial Hair, Health and Hygiene in Britain, 1650-190\u003c\/i\u003e0'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlun Withey's fluent and attractive account greatly enlarges the scope and historical grounding of an intriguing subject which is too often treated lightly. It is particularly valuable for the attention it gives to health, class, race, and institutional practices, as well as for its speculations about change over time. * Dr Margaret Pelling, University of Oxford, UK. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cb\u003eSection One – Facial Hair, Health and Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e 2. Medical Conceptions of Facial Hair, c. 1650-1750 3. The Faces of Politeness: Beards and Beardlessness in the Eighteenth Century 4. The Imperial Beard, c. 1850-1900 \u003cb\u003eSection Two – The Practice and Practices of Shaving\u003c\/b\u003e 5. Barbers and Barbershops in Early Modern Britain 6. Shaving and Being Shaved, c.1600-1750 7. Barbering in Decline? Barbershops and Shaving, 1745-1900 \u003cb\u003eSection Three – Facial Hair, Class and Hegemony\u003c\/b\u003e 8. The Bearded Classes: Facial Hair and Social Status, 1700-1900 9. Cleanse and Control: The Institutional History of Facial Hair, c. 1700-1900 \u003cb\u003eSection Four – The Marketplace for Shaving\u003c\/b\u003e 10. The Material Culture of Shaving, 1650-1750 11. The ‘Outward Gentlemen’: Marketing Shaving Products, c. 1750-1850 12. Selling Shaving in the Age of the Beard: Men’s Personal Grooming, c. 1850-1900 Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039332368727,"sku":"9781350213012","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350213012.jpg?v=1750943353","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/concerning-beards-9781350213012","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}