The AIDS Pandemic in Latin America

“Recommended to anyone interested in Latin American politics and international politics. . . . Makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of contemporary Latin America’s problems and serves as a wake-up call to the disease’s devastating impact in the region.” — The Latin Americanist

“An important contribution to what has been, until now, a scarce literature.” — Latin American Politics and Society

“Smallman here attempts to delineate what makes Latin America’s experience with [AIDS] unique, offering an overview followed by more focused assessments of regions and countries. . . . Thoroughly researched and well documented, Smallman’s work . . . offers many suggestions and sources for further research.” — Library Journal

“Provides a history of AIDS, its initial recognition in 1981, and the evolution in understanding its cause and spread.” — CHOICE

“An ambitious new study of the history of AIDS in the region, will provide . . . anyone interested in the topic with an excellent introduction.” — North American Congress on Latin America

“Anyone with an interest in politics, history, language, culture, religion, and, of course, sociology will learn from Dr. Smallman’s book, and find it. . . fascinating. . . . One cannot read this book and not be touched by the courage, candor, despair, and hope in it. . . . Demonstrates that in the hands of a great writer statistics, politics, and history come to life.” — Doody’s Book Review Service

“Anyone with an interest in Latin America or an interest in how HIV has differentially affected what appear to be otherwise similar countries will find this book worth reading. . . . It is a knowledgeable historian’s perspective, and a very valuable one.” — AIDS Reader

“An important contribution to the quite scarce literature on this current epidemic in the region. . . . Will appeal not only to a broad audience but also to scholars working in the history of AIDS as epidemic, as well as professionals, activists, and policy makers who are dealing with AIDS as history.” — Hispanic American Historical Review

“[Smallman] uses a critical and socially informed approach. . . . Leads the reader through the entire continent, providing a comprehensive portrait of AIDS across Latin America that accounts for commonalities, patterns, differences, and fractures. . . . In the process, the author also provides a quick compact guide to the history and society of each Latin American region, a component that adds value to a sourcebook that no student of health and illness in the Americas should miss.” — The Americas

“[Smallman] provides the reader with a useful guide to the actual face and history of AIDS for every country and macro-region in Latin America….[and] provides a quick compact guide to the history and society of each Latin American region, a component that adds value to a source book that no student of health and illness in the Americas should miss.” — The Americas