The City Aroused by Damon Scott HARDBACK 9781477328347

The City Aroused\nby Damon Scott\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Damon Scott\nTitle: The City Aroused\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Urban communities\nPublisher: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477328347\nISBN-10: 1477328343\nRRP: \u00A335.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nA history of San Francisco that studies change in the postwar urban landscape in relation to the city''s queer culture.\n\nThe City Aroused is a lively history of urban development and its influence on queer political identity in postwar San Francisco. By reconstructing the planning and queer history of waterfront drinking establishments, Damon Scott shows that urban renewal was a catalyst for community organizing among racially diverse operators and patrons with far-reaching implications for.