When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf

by Harlan Lane

Overview

The authoritative statement on the deaf, their education, and their struggle against prejudice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307874719
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/04/2010
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	560
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Harlan Lane is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University and has received the International Social Merit Award of the World Federation of the Deaf, among numerous other honors. An internationally recognized advocate for the Deaf, the author or editor of nine books on Deaf history, language, and culture, Lane lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

"Impassioned, polemical...[a work of] immnense scholarship, powers of historical reconstruction, and deep empathy for the world of...the deaf."—Oliver Sacks,

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