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Author:
Johnson, David K.
Title:
The lavender scare : the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government / David K. Johnson.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xii, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Gays--Employment--United States.
Civil service--Minority employment--United States.
Cold war.
Notes:
Originally published: 2003. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Panic on the Potomac -- Peurifoy's revelation: the politics of the purges -- "This used to be a very gay city": Lafayette Park and the sex crime panic -- "Cookie pushers in striped pants": the lavender lads in the State Department -- "Fairies and Fair Dealers": the immoral bureaucracy -- The Hoey investigation: searching for a homosexual spy -- "Let's clean house": The Eisenhower security program -- Interrogations and disappearances: gay and lesbian subculture in 1950s Washington -- "Homosexual citizens": the Mattachine Society of Washington.
ISBN:
9780226401904 (pbk.)
0226401901 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)64311813
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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