The slow plague : a geography of the AIDS pandemic
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The slow plague : a geography of the AIDS pandemic
Blackwell, 1993
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全9件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Bibliography: p. [206]-224
Includes index
内容説明・目次
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ISBN 9781557864185
内容説明
This is the first geographical account of the origins, spread and likely future consequences of the HIV viruses. It is based on extensive worldwide research, and sophisticated computational cartographic analysis at Pennsylvania State University, and employs new techniques in spatial modelling. The account is written in entirely non-technical language. "The Slow Plague" is also a book which should be of considerable scientific importance. The author argues that most epidemiological research on AIDS has been misdirected and partial because it has been based on a series of population dynamics models that has a time but no space dimension. Gould argues further that the understanding and treatment of AIDS has been hampered by the conscious or unconscious belief that those suffering from the disease are and will continue to be confined to specific minority groups and to parts of the Third World. He shows that this view has led to fundamental misconceptions of the nature of the disease and the future patterns of its spread and of sections of the population that are now most at risk.
目次
- The killer - HIV and what it does
- the origins of HIV - closing an open question?
- the thin tendrils of effects
- sex on a set - a backcloth for disaster
- transmission break - the geography of the condom
- how things spread - hierarchical jumps and geographic oozings
- Africa - a continent in catastrophe
- Thailand - how to optimize an epidemic
- America - leaks in the system
- the Bronx - poverty, crack and HIV
- the response - how many bureaucrats can dance on the head of a pin?
- time but no space - the failure of a paradigm
- the geography in confidentiality
- education and planning - predicting the next maps
- herd immunity - riding the coat-tails of the HIV
- epilogue - old plagues for new.
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: pbk ISBN 9781557864192
内容説明
Based on research by a leading geographer and specialist in diffusion theory, The Slow Plague discloses the geographic dimension of the AIDS pandemic. It provides a lucid description of the HIV, its origins, and the extent to which it has now permeated our lives. The author shows how the virus jumps from city to city, creating regional epicenters from which it spreads into surrounding areas. Four case studies at different geographic scales demonstrate the devastating effects of the disease. In Africa the situation is catastrophic, in Thailand it is rapidly becoming so. In the US there are over 300,000 people with AIDS and more than one million infected by the HIV. The relationships between poverty, drugs and HIV infection are brought out poignantly in a chapter about the Bronx.
The author argues that a real understanding of AIDS has been hampered by conscious or unconscious beliefs that those affected are, and will continue to be, confined to specific minority groups and to parts of the Third World. He shows that such views have led to fundamental misconceptions about the pattern of the spread of the disease and about those who will be most at risk, now and in the immediate future.
目次
List of maps and figures. Preface: Why a geographer writes about AIDS.
Acknowledgements: Intellectual Antennae.
Prologue: New Plagues for Old: The Horseman Rides Again.
1. The Killer: HIV and What it does.
2. The Origins of HIV: Closing an Open Question?.
3. The Thin Tendrils of Effects.
4. Sex on a Set: A Backcloth for Disaster.
5. Transmission Break: The Geography of the Condom.
6. How Things Spread: Hierarchical Jumps and Geographic Oozings.
7. Africa: A Continent in Catastrophe.
8. Thailand: How to Optimize an Epidemic.
9. America: Leaks in the System.
10. The Bronx: Poverty, Crack and HIV.
11. The Response: How Many Bureaucrats can Dance on the Head of a Pin?.
12. Time but no Space: the Failure of a Paradigm.
13. The Geography in Confidentiality.
14. Education and Planning: Predicting the Next Maps.
15. Herd Immunity: Riding the Coattails of the HIV.
16. Epilogue: Old Plagues for New.
Changing worlds, changing genres: a bibliographic essay.
Index.
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