The Education of Laura Bridgman : : First Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language /

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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Freeberg, Ernest,
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

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