The Contagion Of Liberty: The Politics Of Smallpox In The American Revolution

The author argues that a demand for public solutions during smallpox epidemics of the eighteenth century, especially broad access to inoculation, influenced revolutionary politics and changed the way that Americans understood their health and governmental responsibilities to protect it--

• | Author: Andrew M. Wehrman
• | Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 06, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 416 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1421444666
• | ISBN-13: 9781421444666