Bibliograph

Contested waters, a social history of swimming pools in America, Jeff Wiltse

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Contested waters, a social history of swimming pools in America, Jeff Wiltse

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-266) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Contested waters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71581761

Responsibility statement

Jeff Wiltse

Sub title

a social history of swimming pools in America

Table Of Contents

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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