Harry Best’s survey of deaf Americans and their educational provision is a detailed early twentieth-century social study examining the demographics, institutional history, and policy landscape surrounding deaf education in the United States. Best draws on census data, institutional records, and comparative international research to map the situation of deaf people across American society.
The book is a valuable historical document for researchers in disability history, education history, and the social history of communication difference in America. Download this free EPUB for a comprehensive portrait of how American institutions approached deaf education and social integration in the early 1900s.