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

Brier, Jennifer

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9780807872116: Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis
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ISBN 10: 0807872113 ISBN 13: 9780807872116
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2011

Synopsis

Viewing contemporary history from the perspective of the AIDS crisis, Jennifer Brier provides rich, new understandings of the United States' complex social and political trends in 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. Infectious Ideas places recent social, cultural, and political events in a new light, making an important contribution to our understanding of the United States at the end of the twentieth century.

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About the Author

Jennifer Brier is assistant professor of gender and women’s studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Viewing contemporary history from the perspective of the AIDS crisis, Brier provides new understandings of the complex social and political trends of the post-1960s era. She 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.

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Viewing contemporary history from the perspective of the AIDS crisis, Brier provides new understandings of the complex social and political trends of the post-1960s era. She 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.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807872113
ISBN 13 
9780807872116
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
310
Rating
  • 3.89 out of 5 stars
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