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

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FS.H.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781594202865
  • 1594202869