Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770 by Emily Cockayne

Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770

Emily Cockayne

352 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences—traffic jams, noisy neighbors, pollution, food scares—but urban nuisances of the past existed on a different scale entirely, this book explains in vivid detail. Focusing on offenses...

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