Gay Metropolis
- ISBN-10
- 0753806622
- ISBN-13
- 9780753806623
- Category
- Gays
- Pages
- 404
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Author
- Charles Kaiser
Description
Combining history with cultural analysis, this is a social, cultural and political history of gay life in the major cities of the world since the 1940s. Focusing on New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin, the book chronicles the importance of urban centres in the evolution of gay culture.
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