Contested waters : a social history of swimming pools in America /

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"From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have 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 th...

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Autor principal: Wiltse, Jeff
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Swimming pools > Social aspects > United States.
Swimming pools > United States > History.
Piscines > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Piscines > États-Unis > Histoire.
Swimming pools.
Schwimmbad
Simbassänger > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Simbassänger > historia > Förenta staterna.
United States.
USA
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : "just don't touch the water"
  • A "peculiar kind" of bath : the origin of municipal pools in America
  • "A means of physical culture" : the redefinition of municipal pools during the 1890s
  • "A good investment in health, character, and citizenship" : municipal swimming pools in the Progressive Era
  • Interlude : the traumatic early history of Fairgrounds Park Pool
  • The "swimming pool age" : 1920 to 1940
  • "One for the white race and the other for the colored race" : the onset of racial discrimination, 1920 to 1940
  • "More sensitive than schools" : the struggle to desegregate municipal swimming pools
  • "Alone in the backyard" : swimming pools in recent America
  • Conclusion : the promise and reality of swimming pools as public spaces.

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