In this Book
- Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 4. The "Swimming Pool Age": 1920 to 1940
- pp. 87-120
- Bibliography
- pp. 255-266
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469604664
Related ISBN(s)
9780807831007, 9780807871270, 9780807888988
MARC Record
OCLC
647832634
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No