politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic Shilts, Randy creator author text bibliography nyu 1987 monographic eng

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xxiii, 630 pages ; 24 cm An investigative account of the medical, sexual, and scientific questions surrounding the spread of AIDS across the country Acknowledgments -- Dramatis personae -- The bureaucracy -- Prologue -- part 1. Behold, a pale horse -- 1. The feast of the hearts -- part 2. Before : 1980 -- 2. Glory days -- 3. Beaches of the dispossessed -- 4. Foreshadowing -- 5. Freeze frames -- part 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 -- part 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 -- part 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 -- part 6. Rituals : July-December 1983 -- 33. Marathons -- 34. Just another day -- 35. Politics -- 36. Science -- 37. Public health -- 38. Journalism -- 39. People -- part 7. Lights and 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 -- part 8. The butcher's bill : 1985 -- 51. Heterosexuals -- 52. Exiles -- 53. Reckoning -- 54. Exposed -- 55. Awakening -- 56. Acceptance -- 57. Endgame -- part 9. Epilogue : After -- 58. Reunion -- 59. The feast of hearts, part 3 -- Notes on sources -- Index Randy Shilts Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-613) and index Gay and Lesbian Book Award (American Library Association), 1988 n-us--- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control AIDS (Disease) History AIDS (Disease) Political aspects United States AIDS (Disease) Social aspects United States Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome history Sociology Public Policy acquired immunodeficiency syndrome United States RA644.A25 S48 1987 RA644.A25 S48 1987 362.1/969792/00973 WD 308 S556a 1987 0312009941 9780312009946 0312241356 9780312241353 87016528 870615 20231208112802.0 16130075