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Polio voices : an oral history from the American polio epidemics and worldwide eradication efforts
- Title
- Polio voices : an oral history from the American polio epidemics and worldwide eradication efforts / Julie Silver and Daniel Wilson.
- Author
- Silver, J. K. (Julie K.), 1965-
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Wilson, Daniel J., 1949-
- Description
- xii, 171 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Incorporating many rare photographs - most never made public before - from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories in this volume, 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." "This work will be of interest to anyone intrigued by health and medical history; infectious disease and other epidemics; the psychological effects of disease on children, adults, and communities; politics in the Roosevelt era; and bioterrorism."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- The Praeger series on contemporary health and living, 1932-8079
- Uniform Title
- Praeger series on contemporary health and living.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narrative.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-166) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The epidemic years -- 2. Acute and convalescent polio -- 3. Polio's impact on the family -- 4. Living with polio -- 5. The legacy of volunteerism -- 6. The impact on disability rights in America -- 7. Post-polio syndrome -- 8. Polio today and its effect on advances in medicine.
- ISBN
- 9780275994921 (alk. paper)
- 0275994929 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007021464
- OCLC
- ocn136315553
- 136315553
- SCSB-5398776
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries