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PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312009941
ISBN-139780312009946
eBay Product ID (ePID)1167543
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Book TitleAnd the Band Played on : Politics, People and the Aids Epidemic
Number of Pages1 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicDiseases / Aids & Hiv
Publication Year1987
IllustratorYes
GenreHealth & Fitness
AuthorRandy Shilts
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight45.9 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN87-016528
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal362.1/969792/00973
SynopsisBy the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly.
LC Classification NumberRA644.A25S48 1987
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- 11. Dez. 2018
Excellent history of a human plague and how the world responded.
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