Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965
- ISBN-10
- 0520204158
- ISBN-13
- 9780520204157
- Series
- Wide-Open Town
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-05-23
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Nan Alamilla Boyd
Description
A professor of womenÆs studies explores gay San Francisco in the 1960s, tracing the bar scene, gay activism, and official oppression carried out by the police and other government bodies. (Social Science)
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