Description
As refreshing as jumping into a pool on a hot summer's day, this book sweeps across the whole of humankind's swimming history with an irrepressible enthusiasm that will make you crave your next dip. Along the way, it kicks away the idea that swimming is just about speed or great feats of aquatic endurance, revealing how its history spans religion, fashion, architecture, public health, colonialism, segregation, sexism, sexiness, guts, glory and much, much more.
Details
  • Author: Means, Howard
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 01/07/2021
  • ISBN: 9781911630838
  • B-Code: B056282
  • Illustrated:
  • Pages: 336
  • Dimensions: 198x129mm
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