A fair chance in the race of life : the role of Gallaudet University in deaf history / Brian H. Greenwald, John Vickrey Van Cleve, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greenwald, Brian H.

Van Cleve, John V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gallaudet University--History.

Gallaudet University.

Deaf people--Education (Higher)--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Washington (D.C.)--History.

History.

Deaf people--Education (Higher).

Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

xii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Despite its prominence as a world cultural center and a locus of research on deaf culture, history, education, and language for more than 150 years, Gallaudet University has only infrequently been the focal point of historical study. Eminent historians Brian H. Greenwald and John Vickrey Van Cleve have remedied this scarcity with this volume. In this collection, a remarkable cast of scholars examines the university and its various roles through time, many conducting new research in the Gallaudet University Archives, an unsurpassed repository of primary sources of deaf history.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson sets the stage in his essay "A Fair Chance in the Race of Life," President Abraham Lincoln's first statement to Congress championing the rights of all people. The papers that follow scrutinize Gallaudet's long domination by hearing presidents, its struggle to find a place within higher education, its easy acquiescence to racism, its relationship with the federal government, and its role in creating, shaping, and nurturing the deaf community.

These studies do more than simply illuminate the university, however. They also confront broad issues that deal with the struggles of social conformity versus cultural distinctiveness, minority cohesiveness, and gender discrimination. "Deaf" themes, such as the role of English in deaf education, audism, and the paternalism of hearing educators, receive analysis as well.

Contents:

A fair chance in the race of life : thoughts on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Columbia Institution / James M. McPherson

John Carlin and deaf double-consciousness / Christopher Krentz

A legacy of leadership : Edward Miner Gallaudet and the Columbia Institution, 1857-1864 / David de Lorenzo

The Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell statue : controversies and celebrations / Michael J. Olson

Two views on mathematics education for deaf students : Edward Miner Gallaudet and Amos G. Draper / Christopher A.N. Kurz

Douglas Craig, 186?-1936 / Marieta Joyner

The women of Kendall Green : coeducation at Gallaudet, 1860-1910 / Lindsey M. Parker

The struggle to educate black deaf school children in Washington, D.C. / Sandra Jowers-Barber

George Detmold, the reformer / Ronald E. Sutcliffe

Building Kendall Green : alumni support for Gallaudet University / Noah D. Drezner

The power of place : the evolution of Kendall Green / Benjamin Bahan and Hansel Bauman

DPN and the evolution of the Gallaudet presidency / I. King Jordan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781563683954

1563683954

OCLC:

230192046