Ordinary Lives : Recovering Deaf Social History Through the American Census / Eric C. Nystrom and R. A. R. Edwards.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Nystrom, Eric C., author.
• Edwards, R. A. R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Deaf people--United States--History.
• Deaf people--United States--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Massachusetts : University of Massachusetts Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The collective social history of deaf people in America has yet to be written. While scholars have focused their attention on residential schools for the deaf, leaders in the deaf community, and prominent graduates of these institutions, the lives of "ordinary" deaf individuals have been largely overlooked. Employing the methods of social history, such as the use of digital history techniques and often-ignored sources like census records, Eric C. Nystrom and R. A. R. Edwards recover the lived experiences of everyday deaf people in late nineteenth century America. Ordinary Lives captures the stories of deaf women and men, both Black and white, describing their family lives, networks of support, educational experiences, and successes and hardships. In this pioneering "deaf social history," Edwards and Nystrom reconstruct the biographies of a wider range of deaf individuals to tell a richer, more nuanced, and more inclusive history of the larger American deaf community"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Forward
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter One: Deaf History, Cultural History, and Social History
• Chapter Two: Deafness and the Census
• Chapter Three: Population
• Chapter Four: Lydia Macomber's Network
• Chapter Five: Becoming a National Community
• Chapter Six: Race
• Chapter Seven: Geography
• Chapter Eight: The Deaf Vineyard in 1880
• Chapter Nine: Institutions and Work
• Chapter Ten: Joseph DeHart
• Conclusion and Future Directions
• Appendix: Queries
• Notes
• Index of Names
• Index
• Back Cover.

Notes:

• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68575-041-9