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The Blind in French Society : From the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille.
A history of perceptions of the blind and of their integration or lack thereof in French society, this book introduces us to a host of fictional and real individuals and paints a moving picture of their advances and disappointments, concluding with the triumphant invention of Louis Braille.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abbreviations; Foreword, by Catherine Kudlick; Preface, by Alain Corbin; Introduction; Part I: From the Middle Ages to the Classical Age: A Paradoxical Vision of Blindness and the Blind; 1. The Middle Ages; 2. The Beginning of Modern Times; 3. Groundwork for a History of Blindness in the Classical Age; Part II: The Eighteenth Century: A Different Look at the Blind; 4. Sensationalism and Sensorial Impairments; 5. Philanthropy and the Education of the Sensorially Impaired; 6. The Move of the Quinze-Vingts and the Annuity from the Public Treasury.