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发表于2025-05-23
And the Band Played On pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments.
Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health, and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly.
RANDY SHILTS was one of the first journalists to recognize AIDS as an important national issue and, in the early 1980s, he began to report on AIDS full time for the San Francisco Chronicle, making him the only journalist to do so. He was also the author of The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk and Conduct Unbecoming: Gay and Lesbians in the U.S. Military. Shilts died of AIDS-related complications in early 1994.
這個書名太好瞭
評分這本大概是對艾滋的曆史最全麵深入的解剖瞭。也隻有Randy SHILTS能寫齣這樣的作品—Access和Empathy!如果我是editor,我唯一的建議是600頁的內容其實是可以再濃縮的。(有Hiroshima做先例,任何non-fiction都應該有被濃縮在兩百頁以內依然是masterpiece的自信。)
評分大概是對美國80年代關於艾滋病發現和科研曆史最詳盡的一本書瞭,作者詳實的訪談讓人感動。難以想象最初為AIDS掙紮的人都經曆瞭什麼,在最黑暗的地方也有光,要將火炬傳遞下去。
評分值得一看 除瞭實在是很長 除瞭依照時間順序詳盡揭露瞭艾滋病前期發展的曆史 還傳達齣瞭太多很有意思的和值得思考的現象 | 另外Robert Gallo真的是在一群killers中最賤的人瞭
評分20多年前讀過的,當時在一傢艾滋病研究中心工作。而今物是人非瞭......
《世纪的哭泣》原著题目是“And the Band Played On”,让人联想到杜牧的诗句:商女不知亡国恨,隔江犹唱后庭花。书问世以后,许多人问兰迪·希尔兹为何取此书名,他解释道,“照常营业”的时髦说法而已——其实这是一句歌词,在美国乐队“The Temptation”1970年的作品“Ball ...
評分这本书的英文名是 and the brand play on,其实讲的意境与“商女不知亡国恨,隔江犹唱后庭花”有很大的相似之处。核心就是艾滋病的传播完全是人祸。各方人物为捍卫自己的权利做出的选择,让科研没有经费,健康宣传不到位,传染源不禁止。艾滋病白白传播5年后才幡然醒悟,然而覆...
評分这本书的作者兰迪·希尔茨是1980年代初第一批意识到艾滋病问题的美国记者之一。作者以广泛而全面的新闻调查,讲了一个故事: 艾滋病,为什么会在美国流行? 为什么在这场灾难中,时间就是生命? 故事是以时间为脉络呈现给大家的,在阅读过程中,你将知道人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV...
評分「有些人已经说过,罗纳德·里根在历史书上只有一件事被人铭记:他是任由艾滋病在美国蔓延人;是在行动迫在眉睫时,将政治置于美国人民的健康之上的国家元首。」 如果最开始发现的时候就得到重视,得到公众的关注和理解,这可能可以改变一些。然而,疾控中心只把这些未确定的...
And the Band Played On pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025