TY - BOOK AU - Van Cleve,John V. AU - Crouch,Barry A. TI - A place of their own: creating the deaf community in America SN - 0930323491 (alk. paper) AV - HV 2530 .V36 1989 PY - 1989/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Gallaudet University Press KW - Deaf people KW - United States KW - History KW - Deafness KW - history KW - Sourds KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Histoire KW - Geh�orlosigkeit KW - swd KW - Geschichte KW - USA KW - Deaf N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-201) and index; 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 ER -