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Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2011
ISBN 10: 1594202869ISBN 13: 9781594202865
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Published by Penguin Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 0143120786ISBN 13: 9780143120780
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Published by Penguin., 2011
ISBN 10: 1594202869ISBN 13: 9781594202865
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Used - Like New. 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's mark on text block. Otherwise, Fine. Dust jacket is Fine.
Published by Penguin Press, 2011
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Published by Penguin Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1594202869ISBN 13: 9781594202865
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 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 powerful smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. The age-old disease spread swiftly through an increasingly interconnected American landscape: from southern tobacco plantations to the dense immigrant neighborhoods of northern cities to far-flung villages on the edges of the nascent American empire. In "Pox," award-winning historian Michael Willrich offers a gripping chronicle of how the nation's continentwide fight against smallpox launched one of the most important civil liberties struggles of the twentieth century. At the dawn of the activist Progressive era and during a moment of great optimism about modern medicine, the government responded to the deadly epidemic by calling for universal compulsory vaccination. To enforce the law, public health authorities relied on quarantines, pesthouses, and "virus squads"-corps of doctors and club-wielding police. Though these measures eventually contained the disease, they also sparked a wave of popular resistance among Americans who perceived them as a threat to their health and to their rights. At the time, anti-vaccinationists were often dismissed as misguided cranks, but Willrich argues that they belonged to a wider legacy of American dissent that attended the rise of an increasingly powerful government. While a well-organized anti-vaccination movement sprang up during these years, many Americans resisted in subtler ways-by concealing sick family members or forging immunization certificates. "Pox" introduces us to memorable characters on both sides of the debate, from Henning Jacobson, a Swedish Lutheran minister whose battle against vaccination went all the way to the Supreme Court, to C. P. Wertenbaker, a federal surgeon who saw himself as a medical missionary combating a deadly-and preventable-disease. As Willrich suggests, many of the questions first raised by the Progressive-era antivaccination movement are still with us: How far should the government go to protect us from peril? What happens when the interests of public health collide with religious beliefs and personal conscience? In "Pox," Willrich delivers a riveting tale about the clash of modern medicine, civil liberties, and government power at the turn of the last century that resonates powerfully today.
Published by Penguin Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1594202869ISBN 13: 9781594202865
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Penguin Press, 2011. first printing. 422pp., index, notes. 8vo. Black line lower edge of textblock along the spine edge, else fine hardcover, fine d/j.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0521790824ISBN 13: 9780521790826
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within.
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Published by Basic Books, 2023
ISBN 10: 1541697375ISBN 13: 9781541697379
Seller: Bookoutlet1, Bridgeton, NJ, U.S.A.
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Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 052179403XISBN 13: 9780521794039
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by Penguin Press, New York, New York, 2011
ISBN 10: 1594202885ISBN 13: 9781594202889
Seller: Kenneth A. Himber, Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.
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