Hitting below the Bible belt: The development of the gay rights movement in Atlanta

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-426

  Fleischmann, Arnold ^a   Hardman, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9744223637     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2004.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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