Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America Business_Gift_Guide Topol describes

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the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half

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The book features forewords from Patrick Lynch

The audio book also includes performances by Patti Smith

Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America Business_Gift_Guide Topol describesFrom nineteenth century public baths to todays 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