TY - BOOK AU - Lane,Harlan AU - Pillard,Richard AU - Hedberg,Ulf TI - The people of the eye: deaf ethnicity and ancestry SN - 9780199759293 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - HV 2530 .L36 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Deaf people KW - United States KW - History KW - Deafness KW - Social aspects KW - Heredity KW - Ethnic groups KW - history KW - Hearing Impaired Persons KW - Cultural Characteristics KW - Sign language KW - Social Environment N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Ethnicity and the deaf-world. Cultural cohesive forces ; Ethnic boundaries ; Yes, but -- Deaf ancestry : Henniker, NH, and Martha's Vineyard, MA. Context : settling the New World ; The Brown family of Henniker, NH ; Martha's Vineyard ; Assimilating and differentiating societies -- Deaf ancestry in Maine : northern cluster. Migration from Martha's Vineyard to Maine ; Other settlers in the northern cluster -- Deaf ancestry in Maine : southern cluster. Southern cluster -- Deaf ancestry : summary and reflections ER -