ACLS Humanities E-Book: Everyone here spoke sign language: hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard

Everyone here spoke sign language: hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard

Groce, Nora Ellen, 1952-

Year: c1985.

Publisher: Harvard University Press.

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Frontmatter

1. "They Were Just Like Everyone Else"

2. The History of Martha's Vineyard

3. The Origins of Vineyard Deafness

4. The Genetics of Vineyard Deafness

5. The Island Adaptation to Deafness

6. Growing Up Deaf on the Vineyard

7. Deafness in Historical Perspective

8. "Those People Weren't Handicapped"

Appendix A. Oral and Written Sources

Appendix B. Perceived Causes of Vineyard Deafness

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Title:

Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard Nora Ellen Groce.

Author:

Groce, Nora Ellen, 1952-

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2008
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Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard Nora Ellen Groce.
Groce, Nora Ellen, 1952-
Cambrige, Mass.: Harvard University Press, c1985.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02825

Subject Headings:

• Deaf -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard -- History
• Deafness -- Genetic aspects
• Sign language

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