The Porcelain God: A Social History of the Toilet

By Julie L. Horan

Book Overview

Traces the history of the toilet from the third millennium B.C. and its evolution over five thousand years into the high-tech twentieth century toilets of the Japanese. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861050518
• ISBN13: 9781861050519
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Publishers Overstock Remainder
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

You'd never think the world evolves around it

This is one of the best books I had the pleasure of reading! I suggest this book to everyone who wants to learn about unusual historical information of how human excrement was disposed of. If you think about, the human civilization did evolve because of the toilet. In fact, cities, including Seattle, were built because of the toilet. Highly recommend it!

The Bathroom Book about Toilets!

A delightfully quirky and informative read. The ultimate dissertation on the sociology of elimination. Ideal bathroom reading-no washroom should be without a copy of this book!

This book is Great!

What a fun book. A fascinating history of the toilet,with enough humor to keep you turning the pages as fast as possible. I think it is a great gift idea for the peron who has everything. A must for every bathroom