Echoes of Care : Deafness in Modern Britain / Jaipreet Virdi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virdi, Jaipreet, author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series

McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series ; Volume 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deafness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Echoes of Care chronicles the historical shift that created complicated interdependences between medical intervention, language, and education to shape deaf people's experiences in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Table and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Grounds for Intervention

Interlude I Sarah Smith

1 Institutional Limits

Interlude II Frances Burney

2 The Challenge of Quackery

3 Rebranding Authority

Interlude III Children’s Reminiscences

4 Statistical Approaches

5 Hereditary Concerns

Interlude IV The Deaf Milliner

Epilogue: A Crisis of Communication and Care

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228023678

022802367X

9780228023661

0228023661

OCLC:

1444157222