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And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
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- Book Title
- And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
- Publication Date
- 2007-11-27
- Edition Number
- 20
- Pages
- 656
- ISBN
- 0312374631
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312374631
ISBN-13
9780312374631
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60325307
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
656 Pages
Publication Name
And the Band Played on : Politics, People, and the Aids Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
Language
English
Subject
Aids & Hiv, United States / 20th Century, Diseases / Aids & Hiv, Disease & Health Issues
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Social Science, History, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
2.4 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated." -- Publishers Weekly "A monumental history." -- The Washington Post Book World "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading." -- San Francisco Sentinel "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." -- The New York Times, The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading., "Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated." - Publishers Weekly "A monumental history." - The Washington Post Book World "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading." - San Francisco Sentinel "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." -- The New York Times, Rivals in power and intensity, and in the brilliance of its reporting and writing, Truman Capote's In Cold Blood ., Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated., "Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated." - Publishers Weekly "A monumental history." - The Washington Post Book World "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading." - San Francisco Sentinel "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." -- The New York Times, "Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated." -Publishers Weekly "A monumental history." -The Washington Post Book World "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading." -San Francisco Sentinel "Rivals in power and intensity, and in the brilliance of its reporting and writing, Truman Capote'sIn Cold Blood." --The Boston Globe "A heroic work of journalism." --The New York Times
Dewey Decimal
362.1/969792/00973
Edition Description
Revised edition,Anniversary
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Dramatis Personae The Bureaucracy Prologue Part I. Behold, A Pale Horse 1. The Feast of the Hearts Part II. Before/1980 2. Glory Days 3. Beaches of the Dispossessed 4. Foreshadowing 5. Freeze Frames Part III. 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 IV. 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 V. 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 VI. Rituals/July-December 1983 33. Marathons 34. Just Another Day 35. Politics 36. Science 37. Public Health 38. Journalism 39. People Part VII. Lights & Tunnels/1984 40. Prisoners 41. Bargaining 42. The Feast of the Hearts, Part II 43. Squeeze Play 44. Traitors 45. Political Science 46. Downbound Train 47. Republicans and Democrats 48. Embarrassed 49. Depression 50. The War Part VIII. The Butcher's Bill/1985 51. Heterosexuals 52. Exiles 53. Reckoning 54. Exposed 55. Awakening 56. Acceptance 57. Endgame Part IX. Epilogue/After 58. Reunion 59. The Feast of the Hearts, Part III Notes on Sources Index
Synopsis
The most important and critically acclaimed work of investigative journalism since All the President's Men, now in a 20th Anniversary Edition, 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 classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Now republished in a special 20th Anniversary edition, And the Band Played On remains one of the essential books of our time., The national bestseller is now a major HBO TV movie, with stars including Alan Alda, Richard Gere, Lily Tomlin and Angelica Houston. "A heroic work of journalism on what must rank as one of the foremost catastrophes of modern history" (New York Times), this extraordinary book reveals how the federal government put budget considerations ahead of the nation's welfare. (Penguin), Upon its first publication more than 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 classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Now republished in a special 20th Anniversary edition, And the Band Played On remains one of the essential books of our time.
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