Pox An American History

Name: Pox An American History
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ISBN: 9780143120780

ISBN-10: 0143120786

ISBN-13: 9780143120780

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Willrich

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The untold story of how America's progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century. At the turn of the last century, a smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. In this gripping account, award- winning historian Michael Willrich chronicles the government's fight against the outbreak and the ensuing clash of modern medicine, civil liberties, and state power. Pox introduces readers to memorable characters on both sides of the debate-from the doctors and club- wielding police charged with enforcing the law to vaccinate every citizen to the anti-vaccinationists, who stood up for their individual freedoms but were…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English