Africa The Definitive History

"Randy Shilts and Laurie Garrett told the story of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through the late 1980s and the early 1990s, respectively. Now journalist-historian-activist Emily Bass tells the story of US engagement in HIV/AIDS control in sub-Saharan Africa. There is far to go on the path, but Bass tells us how far we've come." —Sten H. Vermund, professor and dean, Yale School of Public Health

The definitive account of how multinational corporations have seized control of intellectual property rights.
In a few short years, the battle over intellectual property rights has emerged from obscurity to become front-page news. The continent-hopping,three-year court battle fought by activists to bring cheap versions of desperately needed AIDS drugs to South Africa is but one example of how this seemingly arcane area of international regulation has become a crucial battleground in the twenty-first century and is animating activists the world over.
This powerful book is the definitive history of how the new global intellectual property regime—the rulebook for the knowledge economy—came to be.