The Contagion of Liberty

The Contagion of Liberty
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9781421444666
ISBN-13 : 1421444666
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Download or read book The Contagion of Liberty written by Andrew M. Wehrman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--


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