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The fifties : an underground history Cover Image Book

The fifties : an underground history / James R. Gaines.

'50s : (other title)
1950s : (other title)
Nineteen fifties : (other title)
Gaines, James R., (author.).

Summary:

"A bold and original argument that upends the myth of the Fifties as a decade of conformity to celebrate the solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements, from historian James R. Gaines."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781439101636
  • ISBN: 1439101639
  • Physical Description: xix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Seeing in the dark -- Gay rights: "To be nobody but yourself" -- Feminism: "Meet Jane Crow" -- Civil rights: The war after the wars -- Ecology: Before we knew -- Epilogue: The best of us.

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Gay rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Gay liberation movement > United States > History > 20th century.
Feminism > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Environmentalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Social movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Counterculture > United States > History > 20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics) > History > 20th century.
Nineteen fifties.
History, Modern > 20th century.
Gay rights.
Feminism.
Women's movement.
Social movements.
United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
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Biographies.

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