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Any historian studying this period would do well to read Jennifer Brier's Infectious Ideas , which uses AIDS as a lens through which to view the period. <br>-History News Network

Offers a more comprehensive and complex understanding of how marginalized communities engaged the state of neglect by linking the politics of sexuality to politics, culture, and the economy, thereby shaping the political landscape. . . . Thoroughly researched. . . . An insightful analysis.--Choice Any historian studying this period would do well to read Jennifer Brier's Infectious Ideas, which uses AIDS as a lens through which to view the period.--History News Network Helps readers make sense of political history as more than just red or blue states. . . . Redefines our understanding of the mainstream. . . . Read it.--Journal of American History This is an important addition to the literature on AIDS. . . . The chapter on Reagan alone, with excellent original source material, is worth the price of admission.--Windy City Times A compelling history of health politics in a critical decade.--Global Public Health There is no comparable book on the market that ties an event such as the AIDS crisis to the historical/political landscape nor one that shows the impact of a disease such as AIDS on government and politics.--Doody Enterprises Places recent social, cultural, and political events in a new light, making an important contribution to our understanding of the US at the end of the 20th century.--Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment

Helps readers make sense of political history as more than just red or blue states. . . . Redefines our understanding of the mainstream. . . . Read it. <br>- Journal of American History

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Jennifer Brier is assistant professor of gender and women's studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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