| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.2

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Book Review

Canada and the United States

Marc Shell. Polio and Its Aftermath: The Paralysis of Culture. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 2005. Pp. 324. $35.00.

It is remarkable how much contemporary American culture has been shaped by the polio epidemic that gripped the United States from 1885 until 1955, whether through the artistic gifts of so-called "polios" with their unique perspectives on the various forms of denial and management that spurred our culture of wellness, or through the institutional and technical means adapted to handle large numbers of people in the face of what was understood to be a contagious disease. It is even more remarkable how quickly polio has been "forgotten" in the wake of the Salk vaccine. Marc Shell's book addresses both sides of the polio coin.

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