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OverviewThis book discusses about confronting AIDS at home and abroad. In """"Infectious Ideas"""", Jennifer Brier convincingly argues that the AIDS epidemic had a profound effect on the American political landscape. 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 fissures in the conservative movement during this period, especially when the State Department and USAID adopted AIDS as a centerpiece of its diplomatic strategy, including the distribution of millions of condoms overseas. """"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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer BrierPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.603kg ISBN: 9780807833148ISBN 10: 0807833142 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 30 November 2009 Audience: General/trade , Adult education , General , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAny historian studying this period would do well to read Jennifer Brier's Infectious Ideas , which uses AIDS as a lens through which to view the period. <br>-History News Network Helps readers make sense of political history as more than just red or blue states. . . . Redefines our understanding of the mainstream. . . . Read it. <br>- Journal of American History Offers a more comprehensive and complex understanding of how marginalized communities engaged the state of neglect by linking the politics of sexuality to politics, culture, and the economy, thereby shaping the political landscape. . . . Thoroughly researched. . . . An insightful analysis.--Choice Any historian studying this period would do well to read Jennifer Brier's Infectious Ideas, which uses AIDS as a lens through which to view the period.--History News Network Helps readers make sense of political history as more than just red or blue states. . . . Redefines our understanding of the mainstream. . . . Read it.--Journal of American History This is an important addition to the literature on AIDS. . . . The chapter on Reagan alone, with excellent original source material, is worth the price of admission.--Windy City Times A compelling history of health politics in a critical decade.--Global Public Health There is no comparable book on the market that ties an event such as the AIDS crisis to the historical/political landscape nor one that shows the impact of a disease such as AIDS on government and politics.--Doody Enterprises Places recent social, cultural, and political events in a new light, making an important contribution to our understanding of the US at the end of the 20th century.--Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment Author InformationJennifer Brier is assistant professor of gender and women's studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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