Combining political, popular cultural, literary, and artistic examples and stories, Eaklor gives us a fascinating account of our history.
—Bettina Aptheker, University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Intimate Politics
Lively . . . provides fascinating evidence that transformations in the social organization of gender and sexuality are central to American history and everybody’s history.
—Jonathan Ned Katz, historian and co-director of OutHistory.org
Covering politics, law, society, and culture, this crisply written book promises “one-stop shopping” and delivers it. Highly recommended.
—Margot Canaday, Princeton University, and author of The Straight State
—Bettina Aptheker, University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Intimate Politics
Lively . . . provides fascinating evidence that transformations in the social organization of gender and sexuality are central to American history and everybody’s history.
—Jonathan Ned Katz, historian and co-director of OutHistory.org
Covering politics, law, society, and culture, this crisply written book promises “one-stop shopping” and delivers it. Highly recommended.
—Margot Canaday, Princeton University, and author of The Straight State
Queer America
A People's GLBT History of the United States
A New Press People's History
Howard Zinn, Series Editor
paperback
$17.95
Paperback: A sweeping history of modern GLBT America, from the early twentieth century through the current fight for same-sex marriage
[Queer America] . . . inspires with its tales of how much difference gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lives have made.
—Leila Rupp, University of California, Santa Barbara
—Leila Rupp, University of California, Santa Barbara
Placing GLBT people at the center of the history of the twentieth century, Vicki L. Eaklor’s Queer America: A People’s GLBT History of the 20th Century is a major new effort to popularize a long-overlooked chapter in the American experience.
Written in the tradition of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, Queer America provides a decade-by-decade overview of major issues and events in GLBT history including the Harlem Renaissance, changes in military policy, the Stonewall riots, organizations and alliances, AIDS, same-sex marriage, representation in the media, and legal battles. Eaklor brings the steady hand and perspective of an historian to the task of writing a sweeping work of narrative nonfiction that is both meaningful and relevant to all Americans.
Queer America includes a rich array of visual materials, including sidebars highlighting major debates and vignettes focusing on key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections conclude each chapter; a full bibliography and black-and-white images enhance the text. Queer America is destined to become an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and general readers alike.
Vicki L. Eaklor is a professor of history at Alfred University. She edited Steven Endean’s posthumous book Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights into the Mainstream and is the author of numerous articles on lesbian/gay history and culture. Eaklor lives in Alfred Station, New York.
Written in the tradition of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, Queer America provides a decade-by-decade overview of major issues and events in GLBT history including the Harlem Renaissance, changes in military policy, the Stonewall riots, organizations and alliances, AIDS, same-sex marriage, representation in the media, and legal battles. Eaklor brings the steady hand and perspective of an historian to the task of writing a sweeping work of narrative nonfiction that is both meaningful and relevant to all Americans.
Queer America includes a rich array of visual materials, including sidebars highlighting major debates and vignettes focusing on key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections conclude each chapter; a full bibliography and black-and-white images enhance the text. Queer America is destined to become an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and general readers alike.
Vicki L. Eaklor is a professor of history at Alfred University. She edited Steven Endean’s posthumous book Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights into the Mainstream and is the author of numerous articles on lesbian/gay history and culture. Eaklor lives in Alfred Station, New York.
Spring 2011
paperback
7 x 10, 304 pages
978-1-59558-636-0
paperback
7 x 10, 304 pages
978-1-59558-636-0
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