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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART I Inventing Provincetown, 1859–1928 17 1 Colonial Outpost 23 2 “The Perfect Compromise”: Provincetown’s Portuguese Pilgrims 46 3 “Paradise of Artists” 69 PART II Surviving Provincetown, 1929–1969 107 4 Weathering the Depression 113 5 “Provincetown Tells the Gayflower Set: Scram” 132 PART III Gentrifying Provincetown, 1970–2000 155 6 “Sexism in Paradise” 162 7 “Gay World” 187 Conclusion: Cape Queer? 215 Notes 225 Index 265 About the Author 276 vii ...

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