AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic
by Shilts, Randy
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good.
- ISBN 10
- 0312009941
- ISBN 13
- 9780312009946
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About This Item
The unsparing prologue to Shilts's immense journalistic achievement is full of such bitter truths; thirty years on, they shock the reader both for their historical accuracy and for their continuing truth. Even as greatmedical and social advances have relieved much suffering since the height of the AIDS crisis, the tendency of the powerful to ignore science when it suits them, and to abandon the dying when helping them appears unprofitable, remains in full force. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON is a thorough and precise accounting of the early years of the AIDS epidemic and the Reagan administration's ghastly and murderous mismanagement of a public health catastrophe, chronologically organized and immensely detailed. As a journalist, Shilts was sometimes at odds with the gay community he wrote both to and about, and remains controversial for some of his claims; despite his still-debated stature, his achievements led to the eventual ranking of his AIDS reporting as one of the top 100 works of journalism in the 20th century. Scarce in this format. 9.25'' x 6''. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. 587 pages. Toning to extremities. Some minor soil. Else sound.
Synopsis
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a nonfiction book written by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts, published in 1987. It chronicles the discovery and spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) with a special emphasis on government indifference and political infighting—specifically in the United States—to what was initially perceived as a gay disease.
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- Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 50591
- Title
- AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic
- Author
- Shilts, Randy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0312009941
- ISBN 13
- 9780312009946
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- American History,LGBTQ+,20th century,Medicine,Politics,Science,ARCs and Proofs
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