Andrew E. Stoner
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780252042485
- eISBN:
- 9780252051326
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252042485.003.0011
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gay and Lesbian Studies
Shilts begins work on And the Band Played On for St. Martin’s Press – despite an initial struggle to find a publisher for the work. Shilts tackles the complexity of writing about an ongoing ...
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Shilts begins work on And the Band Played On for St. Martin’s Press – despite an initial struggle to find a publisher for the work. Shilts tackles the complexity of writing about an ongoing infectious disease pandemic with an unknown ending. Shilts unveils his thesis that AIDS succeeded because of government neglect, gay leaders public relations concerns, and news media reluctance to cover gay-related issues. Shilts employs “new journalism” techniques to tell the story of AIDS including reconstructed dialogue and internal thoughts. Shilts learns of the existence of a gay man infected with HIV still sexually active. Shilts uncovers and misinterprets the first “cluster study” on KS victims in southern California. Initial criticism of Shilts for “Patient Zero” concept raised.Less
Shilts begins work on And the Band Played On for St. Martin’s Press – despite an initial struggle to find a publisher for the work. Shilts tackles the complexity of writing about an ongoing infectious disease pandemic with an unknown ending. Shilts unveils his thesis that AIDS succeeded because of government neglect, gay leaders public relations concerns, and news media reluctance to cover gay-related issues. Shilts employs “new journalism” techniques to tell the story of AIDS including reconstructed dialogue and internal thoughts. Shilts learns of the existence of a gay man infected with HIV still sexually active. Shilts uncovers and misinterprets the first “cluster study” on KS victims in southern California. Initial criticism of Shilts for “Patient Zero” concept raised.
Philip Gerard
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469649566
- eISBN:
- 9781469649580
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469649566.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
On the eve of war, Dr. John D. Bellamy of Wilmington-one of the wealthiest slave owners in the South-throws a torchlight parade to celebrate secession. He builds a Greek Revival mansion, the grandest ...
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On the eve of war, Dr. John D. Bellamy of Wilmington-one of the wealthiest slave owners in the South-throws a torchlight parade to celebrate secession. He builds a Greek Revival mansion, the grandest in the city, symbol of both the wealth generated by slave labor and the impending cataclysm. Almost at once, as yellow fever-carried ashore by a blockade-running sailor-strikes the city, Bellamy and his family flee the mansion.Less
On the eve of war, Dr. John D. Bellamy of Wilmington-one of the wealthiest slave owners in the South-throws a torchlight parade to celebrate secession. He builds a Greek Revival mansion, the grandest in the city, symbol of both the wealth generated by slave labor and the impending cataclysm. Almost at once, as yellow fever-carried ashore by a blockade-running sailor-strikes the city, Bellamy and his family flee the mansion.
Aro Velmet
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190072827
- eISBN:
- 9780190072858
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190072827.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter analyzes how the 1928 yellow fever epidemic caused a major political upset in colonial Dakar, reoriented West African public health policies, and empowered the Pasteur Institute in the ...
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This chapter analyzes how the 1928 yellow fever epidemic caused a major political upset in colonial Dakar, reoriented West African public health policies, and empowered the Pasteur Institute in the region. With the plague outbreaks of 1914, public health responses became politically controversial, as they became used by African leaders such as Blaise Diagne. The disease ecology of yellow fever, however, which affected primarily Europeans rather than natives of West Africa, empowered Diagne to call out racist French policies and threatened the stability of French rule. The Pasteur Institute’s proposal to develop a vaccine was widely seen as an opportunity to calm the political situation.Less
This chapter analyzes how the 1928 yellow fever epidemic caused a major political upset in colonial Dakar, reoriented West African public health policies, and empowered the Pasteur Institute in the region. With the plague outbreaks of 1914, public health responses became politically controversial, as they became used by African leaders such as Blaise Diagne. The disease ecology of yellow fever, however, which affected primarily Europeans rather than natives of West Africa, empowered Diagne to call out racist French policies and threatened the stability of French rule. The Pasteur Institute’s proposal to develop a vaccine was widely seen as an opportunity to calm the political situation.
Carolyn James
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780199681211
- eISBN:
- 9780191761195
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199681211.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History, Social History
The advent of the Italian Wars (1494–1559) coincided with a devastating epidemic, initially dubbed the mal francese by Italians, because it was thought to have been brought to the peninsula with ...
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The advent of the Italian Wars (1494–1559) coincided with a devastating epidemic, initially dubbed the mal francese by Italians, because it was thought to have been brought to the peninsula with Charles VIII’s invading army. Francesco was an early victim of the Great Pox. This chapter explores the physical and mental anguish associated with a disease from the perspective of an infected individual. The illness ruined Francesco’s military career and compromised the physically robust image of masculinity he had always cultivated. His alternating bouts of hope and despair provide an insight into how elite sufferers, such as he, dealt with the disease. The marquis assumed he would be able to prevail over the affliction, since he had the requisite courage and enough money to secure an effective cure, an attitude that led to his capture by Venetian mercenaries and year-long incarceration in Venice, when he returned to the battlefield while still in an enfeebled state.Less
The advent of the Italian Wars (1494–1559) coincided with a devastating epidemic, initially dubbed the mal francese by Italians, because it was thought to have been brought to the peninsula with Charles VIII’s invading army. Francesco was an early victim of the Great Pox. This chapter explores the physical and mental anguish associated with a disease from the perspective of an infected individual. The illness ruined Francesco’s military career and compromised the physically robust image of masculinity he had always cultivated. His alternating bouts of hope and despair provide an insight into how elite sufferers, such as he, dealt with the disease. The marquis assumed he would be able to prevail over the affliction, since he had the requisite courage and enough money to secure an effective cure, an attitude that led to his capture by Venetian mercenaries and year-long incarceration in Venice, when he returned to the battlefield while still in an enfeebled state.
