Bodily Matters: The Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853-1907

by Nadja Durbach

Book Overview

Bodily Matters explores the anti-vaccination movement that emerged in England in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth in response to government-mandated smallpox vaccination. By requiring a painful and sometimes dangerous medical procedure for all infants, the Compulsory Vaccination Act set an important precedent for state regulation of bodies. From its inception in 1853 until its demise in 1907, the compulsory smallpox vaccine was fiercely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822334232
• ISBN13: 9780822334231
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.0"