North Carolina and the Problem of AIDS : Advocacy, Politics, and Race in the South

Show other versions (2)

Using the history of HIV in North Carolina as a case study, Inrig examines the rise of AIDS in the South in the period from the early spread and discovery of the disease through the late nineties. Drawing on epidemiological, archival, and oral history sources, Inrig provides powerful insight into th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Inrig, Stephen J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects.
AIDS (Disease)
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
Homosexuels noirs americains > Maladies.
Sida > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Sida > Aspect social > Caroline du Nord.
Sida > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
African American gays > Diseases.
AIDS (Disease) > Southern States > History.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > North Carolina.
AIDS (Disease) > North Carolina > History.
Southern States.
North Carolina.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Using the history of HIV in North Carolina as a case study, Inrig examines the rise of AIDS in the South in the period from the early spread and discovery of the disease through the late nineties. Drawing on epidemiological, archival, and oral history sources, Inrig provides powerful insight into the forces and factors that have made AIDS such an intractable health problem in the American South and the greater United States.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781469602509

Similar Items