Walther Harvey Milk

The Public Face of Gay Rights Politics
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-66459-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Historical Americans

In this concise biography, Eric H. Walther introduces students to the life of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California. Walther traces the story of Milk’s life from his upbringing in New York and early incarnation as a Barry Goldwater Republican through his transformative experiences in the 1960s counterculture and his entrance into politics, as well as examining his legacy in the decades that followed his assassination. The life of Milk, an iconic figure and one of the best-known LGBTQ figures in the United States, sheds light on the history of the gay rights movement and the changing political landscape of the United States in the late 20th century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walther, Eric H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikerbiographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 – Opening Act

Chapter 2 – If You’re Going to San Francisco

Chapter 3 – Man of La Mancha

Chapter 4 – Toward Victory

Chapter 5 – You Must Come Out

Chapter 6 – Chaos

Chapter 7 – Harvey Milk’s Legacy

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Über Autor(innen)

Eric H. Walther is Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is the author of William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War (2006) and Shattering of the Union: America in the 1850s (2003).