And the band played on
Subtitle: politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic
By: Randy Shilts.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; St Martins Pr
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 630
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- History; AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- United States; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: An investigative account of the medical, sexual, and scientific questions surrounding the spread of AIDS across the country.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 607-613.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Dramatis personae; title: The bureaucracy; title: Prologue; title: pt. 1. Behold, a pale horse; title: 1. The feast of the hearts; title: pt. 2. Before : 1980; title: 2. Glory days; title: 3. Beaches of the dispossessed; title: 4. Foreshadowing; title: 5. Freeze frames; title: pt. 3. Paving the road : 1981; title: 6. Critical mass; title: 7. Good intentions; title: 8. The prettiest one; title: 9. Ambush poppers; title: 10. Golf courses of science; title: 11. Bad moon rising; title: pt. 4. The gathering darkness : 1982; title: 12. Enemy time; title: 13. Patient Zero; title: 14. Bicentennial memories; title: 15. Nightsweats; title: 16. Too much blood; title: 17. Entropy; title: 18. Running on empty; title: 19. Forced feedings; title: 20. Dirty secrets; title: 21. Dancing in the dark; title: pt. 5. Battle lines : January-June 1983; title: 22. Let it bleed; title: 23. Midnight confessions; title: 24. Denial; title: 25. Anger; title: 26. The big enchilada; title: 27. Turning points; title: 28. Only the good; title: 29. Priorities; title: 30. Meanwhile; title: 31. AIDSpeak spoken here; title: 32. Star quality; title: pt. 6. Rituals : July-December 1983; title: 33. Marathons; title: 34. Just another day; title: 35. Politics; title: 36. Science; title: 37. Public health; title: 38. Journalism; title: 39. People; title: pt. 7. Lights & tunnels : 1984; title: 40. Prisoners; title: 41. Bargaining; title: 42. The feast of the hearts, part 2; title: 43. Squeeze play; title: 44. Traitors; title: 45. Political science; title: 46. Downbound trail; title: 47. Republicans and Democrats; title: 48. Embarrassed; title: 49. Depression; title: 50. The war; title: pt. 8. The butcher's bill : 1985; title: 51. Heterosexuals; title: 52. Exiles; title: 53. Reckoning; title: 54. Exposed; title: 55. Awakening; title: 56. Acceptance; title: 57. Endgame; title: pt. 9. Epilogue : After; title: 58. Reunion; title: 59. The feast of hearts, part 3; title: Notes on sources; title: Index.