Seeing Voices : A Journey into the World of the Deaf
by Sacks, Oliver
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520060830
- ISBN 13
- 9780520060838
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf is a 1989 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks. The book covers a variety of topics in deaf studies, including sign language, the neurology of deafness, the history of the treatment of deaf Americans, and linguistic and social challenges facing the deaf community. It also contains an eyewitness account of the March 1988 Deaf President Now student protest at Gallaudet University, a school for the hearing impaired.
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- Bingo Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36888
- Title
- Seeing Voices : A Journey into the World of the Deaf
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520060830
- ISBN 13
- 9780520060838
- Publisher
- Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1989
- Place of Publication
- Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- DEAF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES SOCIAL SCIENCE HANDICAPPED 0520060830 DISABILITIES
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