Jacques Pepin (2)
Auteur de The Origins of AIDS
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He served as the personal chef to Charles de Gualle. He earned his degrees in 18th-century French literature at Columbia University. He lives in Madison, Connecticut. (Publisher Provided) Jacques Pépin (born December 18, 1935) is an internationally recognized French chef, television personality, afficher plus and author working in the United States. Since the late 1980s, he has appeared on French and American television and written an array of cookbooks that have become bestsellers. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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- Œuvres
- 1
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- 102
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- #187,251
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- 4.4
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- 3
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- 115
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- 3
Large chunks of the book focus on the impact of colonialism in central Africa, from urbanization to new trading networks to the overall disruption of life. Pépin has brought extensive sources from his research in France to the book in order to show how Europeans - particularly the French and Belgian colonial regimes - upset the region in ways that triggered HIV's first infections in humans.
With his own research and the research of many others, Pépin claims that a version of HIV crossed from chimpanzees to humans in the early 20th century. HIV exploded when it arrived in the huge metropolitan areas like Leopoldville (presently Kinshasa) that were set up by Europeans in order to exploit the continent. The explosion was aided by many colonial factors, but perhaps most importantly by unhygienic and slipshod medical practices, including not sterilizing syringes during vaccination campaigns despite knowing the potential effect, and policies that encouraged prostitution.
During the political upheaval of the Democratic Republic of Congo's independence, HIV was transferred to Haitian advisors stationed there and then spread throughout North America by companies that exploited the international trade in blood. In the meantime, HIV continued its vicious course throughout Africa and was, at various times, transmitted to different parts of the world.
Parts of the book were a bit technical for me as a layperson with little medical knowledge. The author acknowledges this and apologizes for it, but continues with the history. "The Origins of AIDS" is quite complicated, but Pépin does a nice job of compartmentalizing information into chapters and sections, making it easy for readers to skim through some of the heavier parts. Chapter 14, titled "A Long Journey," is an excellent summary of the entire history.
The book includes endnotes and a very comprehensive index.… (plus d'informations)