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Queer America A GLBT History of the 20th Century

Vicki L. Eaklor

Book Code: GR3749

ISBN: 0-313-33749-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33749-9

DOI:

312 pages, photos, figures

Greenwood Press

Publication: 3/30/2008

List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 7 x 10

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Description: In these opening years of the 21st century in the United States, perhaps no topic is more divisive than homosexuality, particularly when it is coupled with the deeply rooted concept of civil rights. The same-sex marriage debate, for example, is but part of a larger discussion over issues crucial to American life, such as the role of law in the lives of individuals, relationships among law, economics, and morality, and the values thought to distinguish and define us. GLBT history is not just the struggle for rights, it is people simply living their lives "the best they knew how" regardless of the terms they or others use for them. This work focuses on U. S. history and, within that, the 20th century, particularly because the vast majority of work in GLBT history has been during this place and time. Major issues and events such as the Stonewall riot, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the military, same-sex marriage, gay rights, gay pride, organizations and alliances, AIDS, and legal battles and court cases are discussed. Included in this reference work are sidebars highlighting major debates, legal landmarks and key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections concluding each chapter as well as a full bibliography and black and white images enhance the text.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Timeline: 1890-2005
Chapter 1. What is GLBT History?
Chapter 2. Into the 20th Century
Chapter 3. Sexualities and Communities through Two World Wars
Chapter 4. Queers in Cold War America
Chapter 5. The Sixties
Chapter 6. Cultures and Politics after Stonewall
Chapter 7. Backlash and Regrouping
Chapter 8. The GLBT Nineties
Chapter 9. Into the 21st Century
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 2007048218

LCC Class: HQ76

Dewey Class: 306

PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf	Greenwood Multicultural Spring 2008.pdf
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf	Greenwood History Spring 2008.pdf


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