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Author Willrich, Michael.

Title Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  614.521 WILLRICH    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  614.5 W685    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  614.5 W685    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  614.5 WIL    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  614.521 WILLRICH    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  614.521 WIL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  614.521 WIL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  614.521 W68    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  614.521 WIL    Check Shelf
Description 422 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series The Penguin history of American life
Penguin history of American life.
Bibliography 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.
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.
ISBN 9781594202865
1594202869
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