Polio Voices - An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts (Hardcover)

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. Polio killed and maimed millions of Americans. Silver, Wilson, and their interviewees take us into homes and across time to understand the disease's effect on the family and the community. 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. 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.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Julie K. Silver
Dimensions:	166 x 241 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-99492-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Promotions
LSN:	0-275-99492-9
Barcode:	9780275994921

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