Contested waters : a social history of swimming pools in america

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 the years, pools have served as asylums for the...

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Main Author: Wiltse, Jeff
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2009
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