Awakening - How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America

Informationen zum Autor Nathaniel Frank is Director of the What We Know Project at Columbia Law School. Klappentext Some of the most divisive contests shaping the quest for marriage equality occurred not on the culture-war front lines but within the ranks of LGBTQ advocates. Nathaniel Frank tells the dramatic story of how an idea that once seemed unfathomable¿and for many gays and lesbians undesirable¿became a legal and moral right in just half a century. Zusammenfassung Some of the most divisive contests shaping the quest for marriage equality occurred not on the culture-war front lines but within the ranks of LGBTQ advocates. Nathaniel Frank tells the dramatic story of how an idea that once seemed unfathomable—and for many gays and lesbians undesirable—became a legal and moral right in just half a century.

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel Frank
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2017
• EAN: 9780674737228
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73722-8
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, HISTORY / Social History, civil rights, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social issues & processes, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Civil rights & citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General