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Contested waters [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of swimming pools in America / / Jeff Wiltse
| Contested waters [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of swimming pools in America / / Jeff Wiltse |
| Autore | Wiltse Jeff |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/81 |
| Soggetto topico |
Swimming pools - Social aspects - United States
Swimming pools - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4696-0466-3
0-8078-8898-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456369803321 |
Wiltse Jeff
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| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contested waters [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of swimming pools in America / / Jeff Wiltse
| Contested waters [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of swimming pools in America / / Jeff Wiltse |
| Autore | Wiltse Jeff |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/81 |
| Soggetto topico |
Swimming pools - Social aspects - United States
Swimming pools - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-4696-0466-3
0-8078-8898-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780981903321 |
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Wiltse Jeff
|
||
| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contested waters : a social history of swimming pools in America / / Jeff Wiltse
| Contested waters : a social history of swimming pools in America / / Jeff Wiltse |
| Autore | Wiltse Jeff |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/81 |
| Soggetto topico |
Swimming pools - Social aspects - United States
Swimming pools - United States - History |
| ISBN |
979-88-908811-3-7
979-88-9313-249-6 1-4696-0466-3 0-8078-8898-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910964289803321 |
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Wiltse Jeff
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||
| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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