@article{352103,
      recid = {352103},
      author = {Bronski, Michael.},
      title = {A queer history of the United States /},
      publisher = {Beacon Press,},
      address = {Boston :},
      pages = {xx, 287 p. ;},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"A Queer History of the United States is groundbreaking  and accessible. It looks at how American culture has shaped  the LGBT, or queer, experience, while simultaneously  arguing that LGBT people not only shaped but were pivotal  in creating our country. Using numerous primary documents  and literature, as well as social histories, Bronski's book  takes the reader through the centuries--from Columbus'  arrival and the brutal treatment the Native peoples  received, through the American Revolution's radical  challenging of sex and gender roles--to the violent, and  liberating, 19th century--and the transformative social  justice movements of the 20th. Bronski's book is filled  with startling examples of often ignored or unknown aspects  of American history: the ineffectiveness of sodomy laws in  the colonies, the prevalence of cross-dressing women  soldiers in the Civil War, the effect of new technologies  on LGBT life in the 19th century, and how rock music and  popular culture were, in large part, responsible for the  great backlash against gay rights in the late 1970s. More  than anything, A Queer History of the United States is not  so much about queer history as it is about all American  history--and why it should matter to both LGBT people and  heterosexuals alike"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/352103},
}