'Chauncey's genius is the way he combines real lives and theory.a sharp and readable analysis of the way boundaries between 'normal' and 'abnormal' men bent and blurred in the early parts of the century.'- Out erudition, discernment, sympathy, and wit.'- New York Observer 'It's the fun, more than anything-the pleasure, the parties, the high jinks, the sex, and, yes, the love that gay men bear one another-that shines through so brightly. 'The impact made by this richly textured study is powerful.'- Publisher's Weekly 'A brilliant ethnographic analysis.'- The Nation 'A brilliantly researched gift of history.unassailable.'- Boston Globe 'Gay New York isn't just the definitive history of gays in New York from 1890 through 1940 it's also a wonderful account of the metropolitan character of modern gayness itself.'- L.A.

'A stunning contribution not only to gay history, but to the study of urban life, class, gender-and heterosexuality.'- Kirkus 'A first-rate book of history.about all urban life, telling us as much about the heterosexual world as about the homosexual one.'- New York Times 'One of the most fascinating works of American social history I've ever read.'- Frank Rich, New York Times 'Monumental.a vital achievement in redefining and reassessing gay history.'- Washington Post

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