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POLIO VOICES
AN ORAL HISTORY FROM THE AMERICAN POLIO EPIDEMICS AND WORLDWIDE ERADICATION EFFORTS |
| By: |
Julie K. Silver, Daniel Wilson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£58.00 |
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£58.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0275994929 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780275994921 |
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| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
30 August, 2007 |
| Series: |
Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Incorporating several photographs and interviews from the family of survivors, this work helps readers understand the terror that gripped America during the first half of the 20th century as polio epidemics ran rampant. |
| Synopsis: |
Incorporating many rare photographs from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories, Harvard professor Julie Silver, M.D., and historian Daniel Wilson help readers understand the sheer terror that gripped parents of young children every spring and summer during the first half of the 20th century as polio epidemics ran rampant. Interviewed as part of the Polio Oral History Project directed by Silver and funded by Harvard, foundations, and private donors, the people featured in this book describe what is arguably the most feared scourge of modern times. Testimonies are included from people who worked in polio wards, as well as from those involved in worldwide eradication efforts. The book also addresses the emergence of the polio and disability rights movement, the challenges of post-polio syndrome, and the state of polio research and developments today. And it explores the concern that polio could return in an even more vicious form as a result of bioterrorism. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc |
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Non-returnable |
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