And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic - Couverture souple

Shilts, Randy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312241356 ISBN 13 : 9780312241353

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2000

Synopsis

And the Band Played on By 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 weav... Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A masterpiece of investigative reporting, And the Band Played On is the definitive history of the spread of AIDS throughout the USA in the 1980 s. Randy Shilts was employed by the The San Francisco Chronicle to cover gay issues in 1981, the year AIDS came to international attention, and from 1982 Shilts devoted himself to covering the story of the disease and its medical, social and political implications. Shilts asks: how was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? Extensively researched, weaving together the personal stories of those in the gay community and the medical and political establishments with political and social reporting, he exposes how AIDS was ignored, or denied, as a threat by many national institutions. And the Band Played On shows that the greatest health crisis of the twentieth-century spread wildly as the Federal government put its budget ahead of public health while scientists were often more concerned with maintaining their prestige than saving lives.

Revue de presse

The pre-eminent chronicler of gay life. --The New York Times

Rivals in power and intensity, and in the brilliance of its reporting and writing, Truman Capote s IN COLD BLOOD. --The Boston Globe

A heroic work of journalism on what must rank as one of the foremost catastrophes of modern history. --New York Times

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312241356
• ISBN 13: 9780312241353
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 630
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible