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ERIC Number: EJ654625
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
Chemists Clean Up: A History and Exploration of the Craft of Soapmaking--How Soap Came To Be Common in America.
Kostka, Kimberly L.; McKay, David D.
Journal of Chemical Education, v79 n10 p1172-75 Oct 2002
Explores the confluence of cultural and technological changes that led to the transformation of soap into a ubiquitous and well-used object. Picks up the timeline for the development of soap in the early American republic when soapmaking was a householder's task. Traces the rise of the American cleanliness movement and correlates the rise to increased manufacturing capabilities of the nation's large soapmakers. (MM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Disease Control, Health, Hygiene, Science History, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Soap