The epidemic : (a global history of AIDS) /

"From the Castro bathhouses to AZT and the denial of AIDS in South Africa, this sweeping look at AIDS covers the epidemic from all angles and across the world. Engel seamlessly weaves together science, politics, and culture, writing with an even hand - noting the excesses of the more radical ed...

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Autor principal: Engel, Jonathan
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Table of contents only
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245 1 4 |a The epidemic :  |b (a global history of AIDS) /  |c Jonathan Engel. 
260 |a New York :  |b Smithsonian Books :  |b Collins,  |c 2006. 
300 |a viii, 388 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-369) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. First reports -- 2. Growing panic -- 3. Race to the vector -- 4. Conservative backlash -- 5. Organizing and selling -- 6. Drugs -- 7. The shooting galleries -- 8. Who pays? -- 9. Myths -- 10. Africa -- 11. Breakthrough -- 12. Asia -- 13. Backsliding -- 14. Pandemic. 
520 2 |a "From the Castro bathhouses to AZT and the denial of AIDS in South Africa, this sweeping look at AIDS covers the epidemic from all angles and across the world. Engel seamlessly weaves together science, politics, and culture, writing with an even hand - noting the excesses of the more radical edges of the ACT UP movement as well as the conservative religious leaders who thought AIDS victims deserved what they got." -- BOOK JACKET. 
650 0 |a AIDS (Disease)  |x History. 
650 7 |a SIDA (Enfermedad)  |x Historia.  |2 UDESA 
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