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Author:

Willrich, Michael.

Title:

Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Smallpox--Epidemiology--United States.
Smallpox--History--United States.
Epidemics--United States--19th Century--History.
Epidemics--United States--20th Century--History.
Smallpox--Epidemiology--United States.
Smallpox--History--United States.
Disease Outbreaks--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

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.

Series:

Penguin history of American life

ISBN:

1594202869
9781594202865

OCLC:

(OCoLC)648922587

LCCN:

2010034544

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USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SWPB124 -- Dumont Community Library (Dumont)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

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