Polio
David (George Littlefield Professor of History, George Littlefield Professor of History, University of Texas) Oshinsky
Oxford University Press Inc, 2006
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Presents a portrait of America in the early 1950s, using the widespread panic over polio to shed light on our national obsessions and fears. Drawing on the papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and other key players, this book paints a portrait of the race for the cure, weaving a tale centered on the furious rivalry between Salk and Sabin.
- ISBN-13
- 9780195307146
- ISBN-10
- 0195307143
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-10-05
- Pages
- 352
- Dimensions
- 233x159x24
- Weight
- 544