Product Description: This remarkable volume examines the process by which three deaf, French biographers from the 19th and 20th centuries attempted to cross the cultural divide between deaf and hearing worlds through their work. The very different approach taken by each writer sheds light on determining at what point an individual’s assimilation into society endanger his or her sense of personal identity...read more

A renowned neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

A facinating look at deafness and its implications traces the history of deafness, and discusses philosophical arguments concerning the senses. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Written by the author of 'The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat', this book begins with the history of deaf people in the 18th century, the often outrageous ways in which they have been treated in the past, and their continuing struggle for acceptance in a hearing world.

Traces the history of the deaf through the eyes of Laurent Clerc, a deaf Frenchman who was the intellectual leader of the deaf community in France, then in America