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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John D'Emilio |
| ISBN: | 0226142655 9780226142654 |
| OCLC Number: | 8728658 |
| Notes: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1981. |
| Awards: | Gay Book Award (American Library Association), 1984 |
| Description: | x, 257 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Homosexuality and American society: an overview -- Forging a group identity: World War II and the emergence of an urban gay subculture -- The bonds of oppression: gay life in the 1950s -- Radical beginnings of the Mattachine society -- Retreat to respectability -- Dual identity and lesbian autonomy: the beginnnings of separate organizing among women -- The quest for legitimacy -- Gay life in the public eye -- Civil rights and direct action: the new East Coast militancy, 1961-1965 -- The movement and the subculture converge: San Fransico during the early 1960s -- High hopes and modest gains -- A new beginning: the birth of gay liberation. |
| Responsibility: | John D'Emilio. |
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