Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
Worth buying if: You want a broad history of lesbian and gay equal-rights efforts.
Skip it if: You want a brief introduction rather than a 496-page history.
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Summary
Making Gay History presents a sweeping account of lesbian and gay rights struggles across five decades. At 496 pages, it offers a substantial work of modern LGBTQ history by Eric Marcus.
Why this book now
As debates over LGBTQ rights continue, this history places today’s arguments within a longer struggle for equality.
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- You want a broad history of lesbian and gay equal-rights efforts.
- You value a substantial, people-centered account of LGBTQ history.
- When you want a vivid sense of place, the book refuses melodrama, instead tending to emotional truth in quiet, unsentimental scenes.
- You want a brief introduction rather than a 496-page history.
- You prefer fiction, criticism, or a book focused on one event.
- When you dislike opaque narrators, description is rich and frequent, which may feel excessive if you like sparseness.
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Exact edition: Paperback · ISBN-13 9780060933913
Worth buying if: You want a broad history of lesbian and gay equal-rights efforts.
Skip it if: You want a brief introduction rather than a 496-page history.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Substantial Longer sessions help
At 496 pages, this is a sustained reading project suited to steady progress rather than a quick overview.
What stands out here
This HarperCollins record identifies the 2002 edition of Eric Marcus’s 496-page history.
Best way to approach it
Read it as a long-form historical account, giving the changing rights movement time to develop across its half-century scope.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780060933913
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