Personal profile
Research Interests
His research and scholarship focus on the social, cultural, and political dimensions of public life in American cities during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has published extensively on the history of swimming pools in the United States and on the historical roots of contemporary race-based swimming and drowning disparities.
- Modern American Social and Cultural History
- Urban Public Space and Public Life
- Montana History and History of the U.S. West
Teaching Experience
The Birth of Modern America, 1877-1919
America in Crisis, 1919-1952
America at War, 1898-present
Montana History
US History, 1877 to the present
American Urban History
Movie America: Twentieth Century U.S. History through Film
The History of Now: A Seminar in Applied HIstory
Research in Montana History
Readings in Modern American History (graduate colloquium)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Brandeis University
Master, Brandeis University
Bachelor, University of Puget Sound
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Cities are Alive with the Sound of Music: Saengerfest and the Transformation of Urban Public Music in Nineteenth-century America
Wiltse, J., Sep 2 2015, In: American Nineteenth Century History. 16, 3, p. 269-296 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Black–White Swimming Disparity in America: A Deadly Legacy of Swimming Pool Discrimination
Wiltse, J., Aug 11 2014, In: Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 38, 4, p. 366-389 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
38 Scopus citations -
I like to get around: City girls in Chicago Music Saloons, 1858-1906
Wiltse, J., Nov 2013, In: Journal of Urban History. 39, 6, p. 1125-1145 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Swimming pools, civic life, and social capital
Wiltse, J., Sep 24 2013, A Companion to Sport. wiley, p. 287-304 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Contested waters: A social history of swimming pools in America
Wiltse, J., 2007, University of North Carolina Press. 276 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
217 Scopus citations