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And the band played on : politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic /

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An investigative account of the medical, sexual, and scientific questions surrounding the spread of AIDS across the country.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shilts, Randy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, [1987]
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > History.
AIDS (Disease) > Political aspects > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > United States.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > history.
Public Policy.
United States.
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (SIDA) > Aspectos sociales > EE.UU.
Sida > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Sida > Aspect social > États-Unis.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) > Political aspects.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects.
Aids
USA
AIDS.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dramatis personae
  • The bureaucracy
  • Prologue
  • pt. 1. Behold, a pale horse
  • 1. The feast of the hearts
  • pt. 2. Before : 1980
  • 2. Glory days
  • 3. Beaches of the dispossessed
  • 4. Foreshadowing
  • 5. Freeze frames
  • pt. 3. Paving the road : 1981
  • 6. Critical mass
  • 7. Good intentions
  • 8. The prettiest one
  • 9. Ambush poppers
  • 10. Golf courses of science
  • 11. Bad moon rising
  • pt. 4. The gathering darkness : 1982
  • 12. Enemy time-- 13. Patient Zero
  • 14. Bicentennial memories
  • 15. Nightsweats
  • 16. Too much blood
  • 17. Entropy
  • 18. Running on empty
  • 19. Forced feeding
  • 20. Dirty secrets
  • 21. Dancing in the dark
  • pt. 5. Battle lines : January-June 1983
  • 22. Let it bleed
  • 23. Midnight confessions
  • 24. Denial
  • 25. Anger
  • 26. The big enchilada
  • 27. Turning points
  • 28. Only the good
  • 29. Priorities
  • 30. Meanwhile
  • 31. AIDSpeak spoken here
  • 32. Star quality
  • pt. 6. Rituals : July-December 1983
  • 33. Marathons
  • 34. Just another day
  • 35. Politics
  • 36. Science
  • 37. Public health
  • 38. Journalism
  • 39. People
  • pt. 7. Lights & tunnels : 1984
  • 40. Prisoners
  • 41. Bargaining
  • 42. The feast of the hearts, part 2
  • 43. Squeeze play
  • 44. Traitors
  • 45. Political science
  • 46. Downbound train
  • 47. Republicans and Democrats
  • 48. Embarrassed
  • 49. Depression
  • 50. The war
  • pt. 8. The butcher's bill : 1985
  • 51. Heterosexuals
  • 52. Exiles
  • 53. Reckoning
  • 54. Exposed
  • 55. Awakening
  • 56. Acceptance
  • 57. Endgame
  • pt. 9. Epilogue : After
  • 58. Reunion
  • 59. The feast of hearts, part 3
  • Notes on sources
  • Index.