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A Mighty Change
"I need not tell you that a mighty change has taken place within the last half century, a change for the better," Alphonso Johnson, the president of the Empire State Association of Deaf-Mutes, signed to hundreds of assembled deaf people in 1869. Johnson pointed to an important truth: the first half of the 19th century was a period of transformation for deaf Americans, a time that saw the rise of deaf education and the coalescence of the nation's deaf community. This volume contains original writing by deaf people that both directed and reflected this remarkable period of change. It begins with works by Laurent Clerc, the deaf Frenchman who came to the United Sates in 1816 to help found the f...
Deaf Heritage
Gannon's book explores the distinctive visual culture of deaf Americans by documenting the origins of schools, programs, organizations, events and more.
When I Am Dead
The sixth of the Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies presents the "short shorts," stories, and poetry by Teegarden, a deaf teacher in late 19th and early 20th century Pennsylvania.
The Deaf Experience
The seminal study of the antecedents of Deaf culture is now back in print. Edited by renowned scholar Harlan Lane, The Deaf Experience: Classics in Language and Education presents a selection of the earliest essays written by members of the nascent French Deaf community at the time of the Enlightenment, a rich period of education for deaf people. The fifth volume in the Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies series features works written from 1764 up to1840. Pierre Desloges offers a stirring paean to sign language in an excerpt from his book, the first ever published by a deaf person. Saboureux de Fontenay and Jean Massieu, two prominent leaders, relate their respective experiences in autobiogra...
The Deaf Mute Howls
The First Volume in the "Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies Series", Albert Ballin's greatest ambition was that The Deaf Mute Howls would transform education for deaf children and more, the relations between deaf and hearing people everywhere. While his primary concern was to improve the lot of the deaf person "shunned and isolated as a useless member of society," his ambitions were larger yet. He sought to make sign language universally known among both hearing and deaf. He believed that would be the great "Remedy," as he called it, for the ills that afflicted deaf people in the world, and would vastly enrich the lives of hearing people as well."--The Introduction by Douglas Baynton, author...
Adventures of a Deaf-mute, and Other Short Pieces
This collection of works by noted Deaf New Englander William B. Swett, which originally appeared in the late nineteenth century, includes his accounts of adventures in the rugged White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Gaillard in Deaf America
Publisher Fact Sheet Deaf French news editor Gaillard traveled to the United States in 1917 and described various deaf communities and institutions in this lively journal.
Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education
In Plato's cratylus, which dates to 360 B.C., Socrates alludes to the use of signs by deaf people. In his Natural History, completed in 79 A.D., Pliny the Elder alludes to Quintus Pedius, the deaf son of a Roman consul, who had to seek permission from Caesar Augustus to pursue his training as an artist. During the Renaissance, scores of deaf people achieved fame throughout Europe, and by the middle of the 17th century the talents and communication systems of deaf people were being studied by a variety of noted scientists and philosophers. However, the role of deaf people in society has always been hotly debated: could they be educated? Should they be educated? If so, how? How does Deaf cultu...
A Place of Their Own
Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the 19th century. Largely through schools for the deaf, deaf people began to develop a common language and a sense of community. A Place of Their Own brings the perspective of history to bear on the reality of deafness and provides fresh and important insight into the lives of deaf Americans.
Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness
Contains 273 entries to information derived from the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Comprehensive coverage, including biographical, subject, and historical information. Many entries contain sub-topics. Articles are signed and include references. Index in last volume.
