State of immunity : the politics of vaccination in twentieth-century America / James Colgrove.

Author/creator Colgrove, James Keith
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, ©2006.
Descriptionxiii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Subjects

SeriesCalifornia/Milbank books on health and the public ; 16
California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 16. ^A586321
Contents Between persuasion and compulsion : vaccination at the turn of the twentieth century -- Science in a democracy : smallpox vaccination in the progressive era and the 1920s -- Diphtheria immunization : the power, and the limits, of persuasion -- Hard cores and soft spots : selling the polio vaccine -- Eradicationism and its discontents -- Consent, compulsion, and compensation : vaccination programs in crisis -- Expansion and backlash : vaccination at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-315) and index.
LCCN 2006002049
ISBN0520247493 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520247499 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520247499
Standard identifier# 9780520247493

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Joyner General Stacks RA638 .C64 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold