Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.
- Willrich, Michael.
- Date:
- 2011
- Books
About this work
Description
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.
Publication/Creation
New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Physical description
422 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFS.H.6Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781594202865
- 1594202869