Title The deaf community in America : history in the making / Melvia M. Nomeland and Ronald E. Nomeland ; foreword by Trudy Suggs.

Publication Info.	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2012]
	©2012

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	362.42 N799D	Check Shelf

Description	vii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary	"This volume tracks the changes in education and the social world of deaf people through the years. Topics covered include the attitudes toward the deaf in Europe and America, the evolution of communication and language and increasing influence of education. Of particular interest is the way in which deafness has been increasingly humanized, rather than medicalized or pathologized"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Earliest known history of deaf people -- Origins of deaf learning in America -- Historical issues in education -- Life in deaf communities -- Recognition of ASL as a language -- Expansion of visual languages -- Emergence of colorful communication -- Enlightenment of independence -- Personalities through the years.
Subject	Deaf -- United States -- History.
	Deaf -- Education -- United States.
	Deaf culture -- United States.
	American Sign Language.
	Deafness -- history.
	United States.
	Deafness -- psychology.
	Social Conditions.
	Sign Language.
	American Sign Language. (OCoLC)fst00806935
	Deaf. (OCoLC)fst00888436
	Deaf culture. (OCoLC)fst01764313
	Deaf -- Education. (OCoLC)fst00888447
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Gehörlosigkeit. (DE-588)4059132-3
	United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
Chronological Term	Geschichte.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Nomeland, Ronald E., 1936-
ISBN	9780786463978 (softcover ;) (alk. paper)
	078646397X (softcover ;) (alk. paper)

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