Provincetown : From Pilgrim Landing to Gay Resort.

How did a sleepy New England fishing village become a gay mecca? In this dynamic history, Karen Christel Krahulik explains why Provincetown, Massachusetts--alternately known as "Land's End," "Cape-tip," "Cape-end," and, to some, "Queersville, U.S.A"--Has...

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Main Author: Krahulik, Karen Christel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Series:American history and culture.

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505 0 |a Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Inventing Provincetown, 1859-1928; 1 Colonial Outpost; 2 "The Perfect Compromise":Provincetown's Portuguese Pilgrims; 3 "Paradise of Artists"; PART II Surviving Provincetown, 1929-1969; 4 Weathering the Depression; 5 "Provincetown Tells the Gayflower Set: Scram"; PART III Gentrifying Provincetown, 1970-2000; 6 "Sexism in Paradise"; 7 "Gay World"; Conclusion: Cape Queer?; Notes; Index; About the Author. 
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