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The Empirical Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Politics: Assessing the First Wave of Research

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RePlacing Citizenship: AIDS Activism and Radical Democracy. By BrownMichael P.New York: Guilford, 1997. 222p. $42.95 cloth, $18.95 paper.

Private Lives, Public Conflicts: Battles over Gay Rights in American Communities. By ButtonJames W., RienzoBarbara A., and WaldKenneth D.Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1997. 223p. $39.95.

Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge. By EpsteinSteven. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. 466p. $29.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Timothy E. Cook*
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Williams College

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