How to Survive a Plague
The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, AIDs & HIV, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | David France | ISBN: | 9780451493309 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | November 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | David France |
| ISBN: | 9780451493309 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | November 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the grassroots activists whose work turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Almost universally ignored, these men and women learned to become their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers, established their own newspapers and research journals, and went on to force reform in the nation’s disease-fighting agencies. From the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary of the same name, How to Survive a Plague is an unparalleled insider’s account of a pivotal moment in the history of American civil rights.
A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the grassroots activists whose work turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Almost universally ignored, these men and women learned to become their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers, established their own newspapers and research journals, and went on to force reform in the nation’s disease-fighting agencies. From the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary of the same name, How to Survive a Plague is an unparalleled insider’s account of a pivotal moment in the history of American civil rights.
