Van Cleve, John V. <br/><br/>
A place of their own :  creating the deaf community in America / 
John Vickrey Van Cleve, Barry A. Crouch. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Gallaudet University Press,  1989. 
 - xii, 212 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-201) and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Prophets and physicians -- To educate a deaf person -- Braidwood and the Bollings -- A permanent school -- The residential school experience -- A deaf state -- A college -- Organizing -- Cultural connections -- The assault on sign language -- The struggle to save signs -- Marriage -- Employing the deaf community -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0930323491 (alk. paper) 9780930323493 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88026996 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deaf people--History.--United States<br/>Deafness--history--United States.<br/>Sourds--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Geh�orlosigkeit<br/>Geschichte.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Deaf  United States  History 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 2530  / .V36 1989