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The rise of gay rights and the fall of the British empire : liberal resistance and the Bloomsbury group / David A. J. Richards, New York University School of Law.
LIBRA HQ76.5 .R5293 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richards, David A. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay rights.
- Gay rights--Great Britain.
- Patriarchy.
- Democracy.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- x, 271 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Patriarchy and democracy
- Imperialism and patriarchy
- The rise of gay rights
- The fall of empire
- The fall of empire from the rise of gay rights to the 1967 decriminalization
- The fall of empire in the era of gay rights in the United States and Britain
- A. American resistance movements
- B. Impact on Britain and elsewhere
- Conservative reaction in the United States
- Limited impact on Britain and elsewhere
- Gay rights in former British colonies : legacy of empire?
- Canada
- South Africa
- India
- Gay rights as universal human rights
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107037953
- 1107037956
- 9781107659797
- 1107659795
- OCLC:
- 827115190
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