My desire for history essays in gay, community, and labor history - Bérubé, Allan (University of North Carolina Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
This anthology pays tribute to Allan Berube (1946-2007), a self-taught historian and MacArthur Fellow who was a pioneer in the study of lesbian and gay history in the United States. Best known for his Lambda Literary Award-winning book Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II (1990), Berube also wrote extensively on the history of sexual politics in San Francisco and on the relationship between sexuality, class, and race. John D'Emilio and Estelle Freedman, who were close colleagues and friends of Berube, have selected sixteen of his most important essays, includ
pt. 1. A community historian : exploring queer San Francisco -- pt. 2. A national historian : reexamining World War II -- pt. 3. A working-class intellectual : personal reflections on identitites -- pt. 4. A labor historian : queering work and class