Gaillard in deaf America : a portrait of the deaf community, 1917 /

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The Third Volume in the Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies Series. In 1917, Henri Gaillard led a delegation of deaf French men to the United States for the centennial celebration of the American School for the Deaf (ASD). The oldest school for deaf students in America, ASD had been co-founded by ren...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gaillard, Henri, 1866-
Other Authors: Buchanan, Robert M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2002.
Series:Gallaudet classics in deaf studies.
Subjects:
Deaf > United States.
Deaf > United States > Social conditions.
Personnes sourdes > États-Unis.
Personnes sourdes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
HISTORY / General
Deaf.
Deaf > Social conditions.
United States.
Samfundsvidenskab > Sociologi.
essays.
Essays.
Essais.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Hartford, Connecticut: the unviersal magic of sign language
  • New York, the first visit: to every man his due
  • Albany: on advances made by deaf Americans
  • Buffalo: a charming and friendly welcome
  • Akron: Mecca of opportunity
  • Pittsburgh: with the warmest memories
  • Philadelphia: for our little world
  • Washington, D.C.: what the deaf are capable of
  • New York, the second visit: his magical sleight of hand
  • Jersey City: a self-made man
  • On board the transatlantic steamships: the glorious future
  • Appenxis
  • Speech by M. Edwin A. Hodgson.

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