Heterosexual Dictatorship: Male Homosexuality in Postwar BritainA revisionist and controversial history of homosexual culture in Britain and the mid-20th century, this incisive account takes as its focus the Wolfenden Committee on Homosexuality and Persecution established in 1954, and uncovers a witchhunt. |
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List of Illustrations ix | 9 |
The Wolfenden Committee 19547 | 15 |
John Wolfenden Hulton Getty | 29 |
Copyright | |
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The World We Have Won: The Remaking of Erotic and Intimate Life Jeffrey Weeks No preview available - 2007 |