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Albee, Sarah.

Poo! : a history of the world from the bottom up / by Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Sam Church. - London : A. & C. Black, 2012. - 170 pages; illustrations (some colour); 26 cm.

Poo matters -- Bad plumbing? Bad news -- The origin of faeces -- An ionic twist: poor plumbing in ancient Greece -- When in Rome, poo as the Romans do -- The age of shovelry: poop in the Middle Ages -- The reeking Renaissance -- I smell London, I smell France -- All dressed up but nowhere to go -- Eighteenth-century England: flushing away troubles -- The early 1800s: the great unwashed move to town -- Vileness in the Victorian era -- Cholera: the disease that changed the world -- The revolting river -- The age of plumbers -- Sludge, American style -- Modern sanitation -- Toilet talk.

Throughout history, civilisation has been shaped not only by human design, but by human poo, or rather, by how humans decided to get rid of it! Poo is a fascinating exploration of how human waste and it's disposal has changed the world.


ISBN: 9781408171905 (pbk.) 1408171902 (pbk.)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB252685 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016095069 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Faeces--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.

Dewey Class. No.: 612.36