cam a22 8 4500 530037564 CHVBK 20181024071141.0 180503s2018 mau |||| 000 0 eng|d 978-1-138-78537-3 1-138-78537-7 1-138-78538-5 978-1-138-78538-0 (IDSBB)006840910 (OCoLC)1035757772 (OCoLC)991689280 (OCoLC)991708070 ERASA ger ERASA OCLCO YDX E 970.980 Harvey Milk. The public face of gay rights politics Eric H. Walther Andover Routledge Ltd 2018 Routledge Historical Americans In this concise biography, Eric H. Walther introduces students to the life of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California. Walther traces the story of Milk's life from his upbringing in New York and early incarnation as a Barry Goldwater Republican through his transformative experiences in the 1960s counterculture and his entrance into politics, as well as examining his legacy in the decades that followed his assassination. The life of Milk, an iconic figure and one of the best-known LGBTQ figures in the United States, sheds light on the history of the gay rights movement and the changing political landscape of the United States in the late 20th century Walther Eric H. IDSBB 490 0- Routledge Historical Americans IDSBB 700 1- Walther Eric H. acq-record BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 IDSBB A100 A100 100FM UBH IDSBB B400 B400 400M BeM