LEADER 03335nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910780981903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0466-3 010 $a0-8078-8898-2 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007767 035 $a(EBL)515703 035 $a(OCoLC)609863458 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358332 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12152431 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358332 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10359648 035 $a(PQKB)10544225 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777092 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11425047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777092 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10748105 035 $a(PQKB)11677896 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000244088 035 $a(OCoLC)647832634 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515703 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10355368 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL932034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515703 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007767 100 $a20060918d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContested waters$b[electronic resource] $ea social history of swimming pools in America /$fJeff Wiltse 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-7127-3 311 $a0-8078-3100-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : "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. 330 $aFrom 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. 606 $aSwimming pools$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSwimming pools$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aSwimming pools$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSwimming pools$xHistory. 676 $a306.4/81 700 $aWiltse$b Jeff$01473531 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780981903321 996 $aContested waters$93686731 997 $aUNINA