Author
Engel, Jonathan.
Title
The epidemic : (a global history of AIDS) / Jonathan Engel.
Published
New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2006.
Format
Book
Description
viii, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Link
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0705/2006044285.html
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-369) and index.
Contents
Prologue -- Ch. 1. First reports -- Ch. 2. Growing panic -- Ch. 3. Race to the vector -- Ch. 4. Conservative backlash -- Ch. 5. Organizing and selling -- Ch. 6. Drugs -- Ch. 7. The shooting galleries -- Ch. 8. Who pays? -- Ch. 9. Myths -- Ch. 10. Africa -- Ch. 11. Breakthrough -- Ch. 12. Asia -- Ch. 13. Backsliding -- Ch. 14. Pandemic -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Abstract
A riveting account of one of the most compelling human -- and medical -- dramas of our time. From the Castro bath houses 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, culture, etc. and he writes with an even hand, noting the excesses both of the more radical edges of the ACT UP movement and the conservative religious leaders who thought AIDS victims deserved what they got. The story of AIDS is one of the most compelling human dramas of our time, both in its profound tragedy and in the extraordinary scientific efforts impelled on its behalf. For gay Americans it has been the story of the past generation, re-defining the community and the community’s sexuality. For the third world, AIDS has created endless devastation, toppling economies, social structures, whole villages and regions. And the worst is yet to come; AIDS is expanding quickly into India, Russia, China and elsewhere while still raging in sub-Saharan Africa. A distinguished medical historian, Engel lets his characters speak for themselves. Whether frightened parents of school-children, gay activists, government officials, public health professionals or scientists, they responded as best they could to tragic happenstance which emerged seemingly from out of nowhere. There is much drama here, and human weakness, and heroism too. Writing with vivid immediacy, Engel allows us to relive the short but tumultuous history of a modern scourge. ... Publisher description.
ISBN
0061144886
9780061144882
Subject
AIDS (Disease) -- History.
HIV infections -- History.
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