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Author: Jennifer Brier
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0807833142
Category: Medical

Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis

In Infectious Ideas, Jennifer Brier convincingly argues that the AIDS epidemic had a profound effect the American political landscape. Download Infectious Ideas medical books for free.
Viewing contemporary history from the perspective of the AIDS crisis, she provides rich, new understandings of the complex social and political trends of the post-1960s era.

Brier describes how AIDS workers--in groups as disparate as the gay and lesbian press, AIDS service organizations, private philanthropies, and the State Department--influenced American politics, especially on issues such as gay and lesbian rights, reproductive health, racial justice, and health care policy, even in the face of the expansion of the New Right. Indeed, the book shows that efforts to deal with AIDS produced significant Get Infectious Ideas our bestseller medical books.

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Viewing contemporary history from the perspective of the AIDS crisis, she provides rich, new understandings of the complex social and political trends of the post-1960s era Indeed, the book shows that efforts to deal with AIDS produced significant

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