1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456369803321

Autore

Wiltse Jeff

Titolo

Contested waters [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of swimming pools in America / / Jeff Wiltse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007

ISBN

1-4696-0466-3

0-8078-8898-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

306.4/81

Soggetti

Swimming pools - Social aspects - United States

Swimming pools - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298488003321

Titolo

Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe : United in Sustainable Diversity / / edited by Samuel O. Idowu, René Schmidpeter, Matthias S. Fifka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-13566-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (536 p.)

Collana

CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, , 2196-7075

Disciplina

170

330

338.927

361

658.1

658048

Soggetti

Business ethics

Sustainable development

Ethics

Social policy

Organization

Planning

Business Ethics

Sustainable Development

Social Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Western and Central Europe -- Part II: Northern Europe -- Part III: Eastern and Central Europe -- Part IV: Southern Europe.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the current state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 24 European nations, examining the state of the development



and practice of CSR and sustainability for organizations in these countries. The common denominator for all of the book’s 25 chapters is a management perspective rather than an ethical discourse. The book therefore represents a comprehensive survey of initiatives and activities in the field of CSR and provides a wealth of complete cases and examples for different approaches to sustainable and responsible management practice. The book also reviews the relevant political and governmental guidelines and frameworks for organizations, both on a national and a European level. Europe has taken a leading role in the promotion and implementation of CSR. This book showcases how, through CSR, enterprises can significantly contribute to achieving the European Union’s treaty objectives of sustainable development and a highly competitive social market economy.