Abbe Sicard's Deaf Education - Empowering the Mute, 1785-1820 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)

Abbe Sicard was a French revolutionary priest and an innovator of French and American sign language. He enjoyed a meteoric rise from Toulouse and Bordeaux to Paris and, despite his non-conformist tendencies, he escaped the guillotine. In fact, the revolutionaries acknowledged his position and during the Terror of 1794, they made him the director of the first school for the deaf. Later, he became a member of the first Ecole Normale, the National Institute, and the Academie Francaise. He is recognized today as having developed Enlightenment theories of pantomime, "signing,' and a form of "universal language" that later spread to Russia, Spain, and America. This is the first book-length biography of Sicard published in any language since 1873, despite Sicard's international renown. This thoughtful, engaging work explores French and American sign language and deaf studies set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Emmet Kennedy
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
Edition:	1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-51285-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > History > European history > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	1-137-51285-7
Barcode:	9781137512857

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