Contested Waters
A Social History of Swimming Pools in America
By Jeff Wiltse
(University of North Carolina Press, Hardcover, 9780807831007, 276pp.)
Publication Date: April 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (May 2010)
Categories: Social History, Swimming, United States - General
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Description
From 19th-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the U.S., 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 the tensions and transformations that have given rise to modern America.
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