Abbé Sicard's deaf education : empowering the mute, 1785-1820 /
"Sicard was a French revolutionary priest who enjoyed a meteoric rise from Toulouse and Bordeaux to Paris. Despite the fact that he was a non-juror, he escaped the guillotine. In fact, the revolutionaries acknowledged him as one of the great creators of sign language. In the Terror of 1794, the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Ascent to Paris
- 2. Passport through the Terror
- 3. A Refractory Priest in the Republic of Professors
- 4. Sicard and Napoleon
- 5. International Signing During the Restoration
- Conclusion
- Appendices : I. Analysis of Abbé Sicard's Library in 1822 (June 26-July 4, 1822)
- II. Johanna von Schopenhauer Visits Sicard's Institution
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.