Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America by Jeff Wiltse

Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

Jeff Wiltse

276 pages digital 2007

3 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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...

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