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Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
by Sacks, Oliver W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0520060830
- ISBN 13
- 9780520060838
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Berkeley/Los Angeles: Univ of California Pr, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 9; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve..
Synopsis
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf is a 1989 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks. The book covers a variety of topics in deaf studies, including sign language, the neurology of deafness, the history of the treatment of deaf Americans, and linguistic and social challenges facing the deaf community. It also contains an eyewitness account of the March 1988 Deaf President Now student protest at Gallaudet University, a school for the hearing impaired.
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- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001093
- Title
- Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- American First
- ISBN 10
- 0520060830
- ISBN 13
- 9780520060838
- Publisher
- Univ of California Pr
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley/Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- DEAF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE ARTS
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