Looking Back

R. Fischer and H. Lane

Richly illustrated, this attractive book contains many contributions from all over the world on the history, art, culture and language of Deaf people. Topics included are; deaf teachers in 19th century Russia; the birth of the Deaf movement in France; the British Deaf community in World War II; histories of indigenous sign languages; the influence of Italian oralism; deaf people in medieval western Europe; Danish Deaf culture; oral history and Deaf heritage. `Looking Back' is an important addition to the literature about Deaf culture and history. Hardcover 560 pages 1993

£39.95