Research Catalog

Title

When the mind hears : a history of the deaf / Harlan Lane.

Author

Lane, Harlan, 1936-2019

Publication

New York : Random House, ©1984.

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Details

Description

xvii, 537 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

"When the Mind Hears, the first comprehensive history of the deaf, is also a powerful and compassionate study of the anatomy of prejudice and the motives and means of oppression. It is a narrative, told largely from the vantage point of Laurent Clerc, the deaf Frenchman who was an intellectual leader of the deaf community in France and then in America. Ultimately, the story of the deaf is a tragic one, as educators throughout history have sought to abolish sign language from the education of the deaf. The debate, involving such issues as minority rights, integration (or "mainstreaming"), and bilingual education, rages anew today. Scrupulously documented but never dispassionate, When the Mind Hears vividly conveys the anger and frustration of all those who, deprived of their language, are deprived of their rightful heritage."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Deaf > United States > Biography
• Deaf > United States > History

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies
• History
• Biographies.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [457]-518.

Contents

Part one : Laurent Clerc's story -- My new family -- The Shepherd and the symbol -- High theater -- A Tale based on fact -- The Secret -- Success and failure -- Fortune and misfortune -- Spreading the word -- Concerning women, and further progress of the deaf in America -- A Dangerous incursion -- Part two : Continuation -- The Denial -- The Incurable deafness -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography, with a guide for the student of deaf history -- Index.

ISBN

• 0394508785
• 9780394508788
• 0285650297
• 9780285650299

LCCN

83043201

OCLC

• ocm10483337
• 10483337
• SCSB-620791

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library