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Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard / Nora Ellen Groce.
- Title
- Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard / Nora Ellen Groce.
- Author
- Groce, Nora Ellen, 1952-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | WV 270.3 G873 1985 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 169 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Examines the reasons for the high rate of hereditary deafness among the population of Martha's Vineyard and discusses the place of deaf people in town life.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [147]-164.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- "They were just like everyone else" -- The history of Martha's Vineyard -- The origins of vineyard deafness -- The genetics of vineyard deafness -- The island adaptation to deafness -- Growing up deaf on the vineyard -- Deafness in historical perspective -- "Those people weren't handicapped" -- Appendix A. Oral and written sources -- Appendix B. Perceived causes of vineyard deafness.
- ISBN
- 0674270401 (alk. paper)
- 067427041X
- LCCN
- ^^^85005451^
- OCLC
- 11812275
- SCSB-14236607
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library