Pox: An American History

by Michael Willrich

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143120786
• ISBN13: 9780143120780
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher