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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

Wiltse, Jeff

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World HistorySwimming & Diving

ISBN10: 0807871273
ISBN13: 9780807871270
Publisher: Univ Of North Carolina Pr
Published: May 1 2010
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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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