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Pox : an American history /

Willrich, Michael.

Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich. - New York : Penguin Press, 2011. - 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - The Penguin history of American life . - Penguin history of American life. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

9781594202865 1594202869

2010034544

101538197 DNLM


Smallpox--Epidemiology.--United States
Smallpox--History.--United States
Epidemics--History--United States--19th century.
Epidemics--History--United States--20th century.

RA644.S6 / W55 2011

614.5/210973

WC 590 / W739p 2011

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