02072nam 22003973 450 991079589180332120230629222247.09781789145779(electronic bk.)9781789145786(MiAaPQ)EBC6957113(Au-PeEL)EBL6957113(CKB)21560525000041(OCoLC)1312171386(EXLCZ)992156052500004120220423d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierShifting Currents A World History of SwimmingLondon :Reaktion Books, Limited,2022.©2022.1 online resource (456 pages)Print version: Carr, Karen Eva Shifting Currents London : Reaktion Books, Limited,c2022 9781789145786 Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Learning to Swim -- 1. Once Everyone Could Swim -- 2. Leaving Africa -- 3. A Northern Swimming Hole -- 4. Danger, Sex, Gods and Strangers -- 5. Learning to Swim -- 6. Ancient Greece and Rome -- 7. Soldiers and Divers -- Part II: Forgetting How to Swim -- 8. Medieval Asia -- 9. Medieval Europe -- 10. Central Asian Power -- 11. A Famous Drowning -- 12. The Little Ice Age -- Part III: Still Swimming -- 13. African Swimmers -- 14. In the Americas -- 15. China and the Pacific Ocean -- 16. Floating for Witchcraft -- 17. Ducking Stools -- Part IV: Changing Places -- 18. The Avant-garde -- 19. The Middle Class -- 20. Out with the Old, In with the New -- 21. Swimming is So Last Century -- 22. Everyone Out of the Water -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- References -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.SwimmingHistorySwimmingHistory.797.2109Carr Karen Eva1542762MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910795891803321Shifting Currents3795797UNINA