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
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101538197 DNLM
Smallpox--Epidemiology.--United States Smallpox--History.--United States Epidemics--History--United States--19th century. Epidemics--History--United States--20th century.