Polio: An American Story

Oshinsky, David M.

ISBN 10: 0195307143 / ISBN 13: 9780195307146

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2006

This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DBV.0195307143.A

Inhaltsangabe:

Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History
The gripping story of the 1950s polio scare and of the intense--and intensely bitter--competition to find the first vaccine

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: David M. Oshinsky is Professor of History at New York University and Director of the Division of Medical Humanities at the NYU School of Medicine. A leading historian of modern American politics and society, he is the author of A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy and "Worse Than Slavery": Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice, both of which won major prizes and were New York Times Notable Books.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Polio: An American Story
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: acceptable