When AIDS Began San Francisco and the Making of an Epidemic

Name: When AIDS Began San Francisco and the Making of an Epidemic
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ISBN: 9780415924306

ISBN-10: 0415924308

ISBN-13: 9780415924306

Edition: 2004

Authors: Michelle Cochrane

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Description:

Michelle Cochrane constructs the making of AIDS & dispels many of the misconceptions that surround it. Her case study of San Francisco illustrates how claims about the transmission of the disease first came to be made & disseminated.

Book details

List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Sociology of Knowledge on HIV and AIDS



The Medicalization of Gay Desire in San Francisco (1978-1983)



The Early Demographics of AIDS: Case Studies of the First Nine Gay Male AIDS Cases in San Francisco



More Gay Men Reported with AIDS in San Francisco: Fifteen Case Studies from 1981



The Mechanics of AIDS Surveillance: An Historical Critique of the Demography of Risk



AIDS Surveillance Statistics: Changing the Subjects and Object of Study



Conclusion: Alternative Theories of AIDS


Notes


Glossary


Works Cited


Index