Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.
Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.
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Publisher
New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
N614.52109/4
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Language
English
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Physical content
422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Beginnings -- The mild type -- Wherever Wertenbaker went -- War is health -- The stable and the laboratory -- The politics of tight spaces -- The antivaccinationists -- Speaking law to power.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2011.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Smallpox--epidemiology--United States
- Smallpox--history--United States
- Disease Outbreaks--United States
- History, 19th Century--United States
- History, 20th Century--United States
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Summary
Chronicles how America's Progressive Era war on smallpox sparked one of the twentieth century's leading civil liberties battles, describing the views and tactics of anti-vaccine advocates who feared an increasingly large government.
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Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.
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The Penguin history of American life.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N614.52109/4
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74VvqMxDpWBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvqMxDpWBA
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ISBN
1594202869
9781594202865
DDC
614.5210973
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991006153309702626
