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Contested Waters A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

Jeff Wiltse

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 urba...

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It was mentioned as a book that explores the social history of swimming pools in America, particularly how racial discrimination and segregation affected access to swimming and swimming lessons.

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And there's a professor in Montana named Jeff Wilst who wrote Contested Waters, colon, a social history of swimming pools in America.

— Episode: Selects: How Drowning Works

Episode: Selects: How Drowning Works

It was mentioned as a book that explores the social history of swimming pools in America, particularly how racial discrimination and segregation affected access to swimming and swimming lessons.

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And there's a professor in Montana named Jeff Wilst who wrote Contested Waters, colon, a social history of swimming pools in America.

Episode: Selects: How Drowning Works

It was mentioned as a book about the social history of swimming pools in America, which discussed the impact of segregation and discrimination on the swimming abilities of African Americans.

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And there's a professor in Montana named Jeff Wilst who wrote Contested Waters, colon, a social history of swimming pools in America.

Episode: How Drowning Works

This book was mentioned in relation to the racial disparities in drowning rates, explaining the historical context of segregation and its impact on swimming lessons and access to pools for African American communities.

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and there's a professor in Montana named Jeff Wilst who wrote Contested Waters: colon a social history of swimming pools in America and it all makes perfect sense because of discrimination and segregation when swimming pools and recreational swimming and sports swimming started to come around these black families couldn't go to the pools so they didn't take swim lessons they didn't learn how to swim

Episode: How Drowning Works

The book, mentioned by Josh Clark, discussed the social history of swimming pools in America and how racial discrimination and segregation impacted access to swimming lessons and contributed to racial disparities in drowning rates.

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there's a professor in Montana named Jeff Wilst who wrote Contested Waters: colon a social history of swimming pools in America and it all makes perfect sense because of discrimination and segregation when swimming pools and recreational swimming and sports swimming started to come around these black families couldn't go to the pools so they didn't take swim lessons they didn't learn how to swim

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