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

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Upon it's first publication twenty years ago, And The Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting. An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classi...

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ISBN:

9780312374631
0312374631

Edition:

Twentieth anniversary edition

Description:

xxiii, 630 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-613) and index

Contents:

Pt. I. Behold, a pale horse. The Feast of the hearts
Pt. II. Before/1980. Glory days ; Beaches of the dispossessed ; Foreshadowing ; Freeze frames
Pt. III. Paving the road/1981. Critical mass ; Good intentions ; The Prettiest one ; Ambush poppers ; Golf courses of science ; Bad moon rising
Pt. IV. The Gathering darkness/1982. Enemy time ; Patient zero ; Bicentennial memories ; Nightsweats ; Too much blood ; Entropy ; Running on empty ; Forced feeding ; Dirty secrets ; Dancing in the dark
Pt. V. Battle lines/January-June 1983. Let it bleed ; Midnight confessions ; Denial ; Anger ; The Big enchilada ; Turning points ; Only the good ; Priorities ; Meanwhile ; AIDSpeak spoken here ; Star quality
Pt, VI. Rituals/July-December 1983. Marathons ; Just another day ; Politics ; Science ; Public health ; Journalism ; People
Pt. VII. Lights and Tunnels/1984. Prisoners ; Bargaining ; The Feast of the hearts, part II
Squeeze play ; Traitors ; Political science ; Downbound train ; Republicans and Democrats ; Embarrassed ; Depression ; The War
Pt. VIII. Butcher's Bill/1985. Heterosexuals ; Exiles ; Reckoning ; Exposed ; Awakening ; Acceptance ; Endgame
Pt. IX. Epilogue/after. Reunion ; The Feast of the hearts, part III

LCCN:

8716528

Control Number:

3283178

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