Signs of resistance : : American deaf cultural history, 1900 to World War II / / Susan Burch.
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 During the nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural language" of Deaf people, using it as the principal mode of instruction and communication. These schools inadvertently became the seedbeds of an...
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Superior document: | The history of disability series |
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Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Language: | English |
Series: | History of disability series.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations Frequently Used
- Introduction
- 1. The Irony of Acculturation
- 2. Visibly Different
- 3. The Extended Family
- 4. Working Identities
- 5 The Full Court Press
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author