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
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