Cleaning the House
- List Price: $21.00
- Binding: Library Binding
- Publisher: Franklin Watts
- Publish date: 09/01/2000
Description:
Where did Stone Age people put their garbage? How did people keep dirt floors clean? When was the vacuum cleaner invented? How will we clean houses of the future? These questions and many others are answered in Cleaning the House. The author explains that archaeologists discovered how ancient people lived by examining not only what they used but also what they discarded -- their trash. Readers learn how housework was done in ancient Rome and Greece, and in medieval Europe. The discovery of germs during the 1800s made people realize how important cleanliness was, and many inventions addressed the public's fight against dirt, pests, and disease.
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