Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution"Riveting...Not only the definitive examination of the riots but an absorbing history of pre-Stonewall America, and how the oppression and pent-up rage of those years finally ignited on a hot New York night." - Boston Globe In 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, changed the longtime landscape of the homosexual in society literally overnight. Since then the event itself has become the stuff of legend, with relatively little hard information available on the riots themselves. Now, based on hundreds of interviews, an exhaustive search of public and previously sealed files, and over a decade of intensive research into the history and the topic, Stonewall brings this singular event to vivid life in this, the definitive story of one of history's most singular events. |
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User Review - wellreadcatlady - LibraryThingDavid Carter's give a detail account of the environment gays were living in the 1960s, the Stonewall riots, and the lasting effect of the riots and the beginning of gay liberation. When I say detailed ... Read full review
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User Review - wealhtheowwylfing - LibraryThingCarter wrote a history of queer people's 6 day struggle with the police for control of the gay ghetto in New York in 1969. A dense history, heavy with details and anecdotes gleaned from the author's ... Read full review
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| Title | Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution |
| Author | David Carter |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0312342691, 9780312342692 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 20th Century Social Science / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies |
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