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Contested Waters
Jeff Wiltse
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A Social History of Swimming Pools in America
出版Univ of North Carolina Press, 2009-11-30
主題History / United States / 20th CenturySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesSocial Science / Gender Studies
ISBN08078889829780807888988
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cRQxbEaV0KUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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 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.