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The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution

Andrew M. Wehrman

"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"--

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryTopic Classifier: Constitutional History -> American HistoryConstitutional HistoryAmerican PoliticsImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History2022FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Demands for public smallpox solutions—especially broad access to inoculation—shaped revolutionary politics and altered how Americans understood health and governmental responsibilities to protect it.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 82%.