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Contested Waters : A Social History of Swimming Pools in America - Jeff Wiltse

Contested Waters

A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

By: Jeff Wiltse

eBook | 26 August 2016

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From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the United States, Jeff Wiltse relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. As sites of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and conspicuous leisure, swimming pools reflect many of the tensions and transformations that have given rise to modern America.

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Wiltse unpicks a story that begins in an age when the main reason for public pools was to let poor people get clean.--Economist

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Non-FictionHistoryRegional & National HistoryHistory of the AmericasSpecific Events & Topics in HistorySocial & Cultural HistoryHome & House MaintenanceSociety & CultureSocial GroupsEthnic StudiesBlack & Asian StudiesGender Studies
Sports & RecreationWater Sports & RecreationsSwimming & Diving

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