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Author:

Gaines, James R., author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Gay rights--History.
Gay liberation movement--History.
Feminism--History.
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.
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.
United States--History--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and index.

Contents:

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.

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.
"The Fifties is a dazzling and provocative work of history that transforms our understanding of a seemingly staid decade and honors the pioneers of gay rights, feminism, civil rights, and environmentalism. The book carries the powerful message that change actually begins not in mass movements and new legislation but in the lives of de-centered, often lonely individuals, who learn to fight for change in a daily struggle with themselves." -- inside front jacket flap.

ISBN:

1439101639
9781439101636

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1259048970

LCCN:

2021042303

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

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TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

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YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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