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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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.