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Contested Waters - A Social History of Swimming Pools in America (Paperback, New edition)
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Contested Waters - A Social History of Swimming Pools in America (Paperback, New edition)
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This title presents a story of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and
conspicuous leisure. 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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