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AIDS: The Burdens of History

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AIDS: The Burdens of History
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Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0520063961
ISBN-13: 9780520063969
Number of pages: 340

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The AIDS epidemic has posed more urgent historical questions than any other disease of modern times. The contributors to this volume hold a variety of opinions on controversial historiographic issues. Each of the twelve essays addresses an aspect of the burdens of history during the AIDS epidemic. This collection illuminates present concerns directly and forcefully without sacrificing attention to historical detail and to the differences between past and present situations.

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