Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay RevolutionIn 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. |
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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, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0312342691, 9780312342692 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 20th Century Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies |
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