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From pity to pride : growing up deaf in the Old South /
The antebellum South's economic dependence on slavery engendered a rigid social order in which a small number of privileged white men dominated African Americans, poor whites, women, and many people with disabilities. From Pity to Pride examines the experiences of a group of wealthy young men r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Gallaudet University Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: As a Prisoner Escaped, a Sick Man Cured
- Part 1. Responses to Deafness. The Peculiar Misfortune ; Forget That They Are Objects of Pity ; Glad Tidings of Release to the Prisoners of Silence ; Guide His Hand
- Part II. The Early Years of Deaf Education. An Education of the Lips at the Expense of the Mind ; Think in Words ; With the Eyes to Hear and the Hands to Speak
- Part III. Self-Reliance and a Sense of Community. The Dignity and Honor of Human Nature ; The Peculiar Institutions ; This Unnatural and Fratricidal Strife.