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Words Made Flesh
Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture
Inbunden, 2012
1255 kr
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During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in …
Ugly Laws
Disability in Public
Inbunden, 2009
1037 kr
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The murky history behind municipal laws criminalizing disabilityIn the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipal laws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral example of discrimination, these …
Reflections
The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France
Inbunden, 2002
347 kr
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In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick …
Radical Lives of Helen Keller
Inbunden, 2004
949 kr
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A political biography that reveals new sides to Helen KellerSeveral decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life—particularly her interest in radicalism and …
Radical Lives of Helen Keller
Av Kim E. Nielsen, Harvey J. Kaye
Häftad, 2009
363 kr
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A political biography that reveals new sides to Helen KellerSeveral decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life—particularly her interest in radicalism and …
Helen Keller
Selected Writings
Inbunden, 2005
725 kr
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"[My life] is so rich with blessings—an immense capacity of enjoyment, books, and beloved friends. . . . Most earnestly I pray the dear Heavenly Father that I may sometime make myself far more worthy of the love shown to me than I am now."—April 22, 1900 letter from Helen Keller to John Hitz, …
Mental Retardation in America
A Historical Reader
Av Steven Noll, W. Trent, James m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
994 kr
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The expressions "idiot, you idiot, you're an idiot, don't be an idiot," and the like are generally interpreted as momentary insults. But, they are also expressions that represent an old, if unstable, history. Beginning with an examination of the early nineteenth century labeling of mental …
Mental Retardation in America
A Historical Reader
Häftad, 2004
438 kr
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The expressions "idiot, you idiot, you're an idiot, don't be an idiot," and the like are generally interpreted as momentary insults. But, they are also expressions that represent an old, if unstable, history. Beginning with an examination of the early nineteenth century labeling of mental …
Ugly Laws
Disability in Public
Häftad, 2010
438 kr
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The murky history behind municipal laws criminalizing disabilityIn the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipal laws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral example of discrimination, these …
New Disability History
American Perspectives
Av Frances Moran, Paul K. Longmore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
994 kr
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A collected volume highlighting disability's hidden history in American societyDisability has always been a preoccupation of American society and culture. From antebellum debates about qualification for citizenship to current controversies over access and reasonable accommodations, disability has …
New Disability History
American Perspectives
Av Paul K. Longmore, Lauri Umansky
Häftad, 2001
438 kr
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A collected volume highlighting disability's hidden history in American societyDisability has always been a preoccupation of American society and culture. From antebellum debates about qualification for citizenship to current controversies over access and reasonable accommodations, disability has …
Words Made Flesh
Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture
Häftad, 2014
395 kr
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During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in …
