Words made flesh nineteenth-century deaf education and the growth of deaf culture

Title
  1. Words made flesh [electronic resource] : nineteenth-century deaf education and the growth of deaf culture / R.A.R. Edwards.
Published by
  1. New York : New York University Press, c2012.
Author
  1. Edwards, R. A. R.

Details

Description
  1. 1 online resource (vii, 255 p.)
Series statement
  1. The history of disability
Uniform title
  1. Words made flesh (Online)
  2. History of disability series.
Alternative title
  1. Words made flesh (Online)
Subject
  1. Deaf > Education > History > United States > 19th century
  2. Deaf culture > United States > History > 19th century
  3. Deaf > United States > Social conditions > 19th century
Contents
  1. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc: a Yale man and a deaf man open a school and create a world -- Manual education: an American beginning -- Learning to be deaf: lessons from the residential school -- The deaf way: living a deaf life -- Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe: the first American oralists -- Languages of signs: methodical versus natural -- The flight over the Clark School: manualists and oralists confront deafness.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Author
  1. Edwards, R. A. R.
Title
  1. Words made flesh [electronic resource] : nineteenth-century deaf education and the growth of deaf culture / R.A.R. Edwards.
Imprint
  1. New York : New York University Press, c2012.
Series
  1. The history of disability
  2. History of disability series.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card
  2. Available onsite at NYPL
LCCN
  1. 2011041545
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