Introduction Just Dont Touch the Water 1
1 A Peculiar Kind of Bath The Origin of Municipal Pools in America 8
2 A Means of Physical Culture The Redefinition of Municipal Pools during the 1890s 31
3 A Good Investment in Health Character and Citizenship Municipal Swimming Pools in the Progressive Era 47
Interlude The Traumatic Early History of Fairgrounds Park Pool 78
4 The Swimming Pool Age 1920 to 1940 87
5 One for the White Race and the Other for the Colored Race The Onset of Racial Discrimination 1920 to 1940 121
6 More Sensitive Than Schools The Struggle to Desegregate Municipal Swimming Pools 154
7 Alone in the Backyard Swimming Pools in Recent America 181
Conclusion The Promise and Reality of Swimming Pools as Public Spaces 207
Notes 215
Bibliography 255
Index 267
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