ISBN: 9780312009946 - and the band played on: politics, people, and the aids epidemic (24 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in very good dust jacket. Later printing. Prior owner's name on front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Later Printing. Minimal wear. Q6.

Hard cover wit. Zustand: Used: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDSociety & Culture: General; Very good hardcover with dustjacket; 6th printing; dustjacket tips bumped; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. J12.

Zustand: very good, good. Fourth Printing. 630, notes on sources, index, some soiling to DJ Why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 1980's while the federal government and health authorities ignored or denied the threat.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 630 pages. 9.30x6.50x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. 1st Edition. Inscribed, signed, and dated on the half-title page. Volume in VG condition with mild soiling to boards and outer edges, faint foxing on top edge, light shelf and edge wear. Jacket in VG- condition with small tears and light chipping, mild soiling. Signed by Author(s).…

Zustand: Near fine in near fine jacket. First edition (stated). Inscribed first printing of the essential work of investigative journalism on the AIDS epidemic. "There was no excuse, in this country and in this time, for the spread of a deadly new epidemic." 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 great medical 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. 9.25'' x 6''. Original quarter green cloth with cream boards. Gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($24.95) dust jacket. xxiii, 630 pages. Inscribed by Shilts on half title: "To Dennis-Warmly / Randy Shilts / San Francisco." Minor bumping and faint sunning to edges of boards. Jacket panels lightly toned. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. First edition. 630pp. Faint spotting on the boards else about near fine in a fine dust jacket.