A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America

Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the nineteenth century. Largely through schools for the deaf, deaf people began to develop a common language and a sense of community. A Place of Their Own brings the perspective of history to bear on the reality of deafness and provides fresh and important insight into the lives of Deaf Americans.John Vickrey Van Cleve is the author of 'A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America', published 1989 under ISBN 9780930323493 and ISBN 0930323491.