The Education of Laura Bridgman : : First Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language / / Ernest Freeberg.
In the mid-nineteenth century, Laura Bridgman, a young child from New Hampshire, became one of the most famous women in the world. Philosophers, theologians, and educators hailed her as a miracle, and a vast public followed the intimate details of her life with rapt attention. This girl, all but for...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. In Quest of His Prize
- 2. Mind over Matter
- 3. In the Public Eye
- 4. Body and Mind
- 5. The Instinct to Be Good
- 6. Punishing Thoughts
- 7. Sensing God
- 8. Crisis
- 9. Disillusionment
- 10. A New Theory of Human Nature
- 11. My Sunny Home
- 12. Legacy
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index