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Never the Twain Shall Meet: Bell, Gallaudet, and the Communications Debate

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Never the Twain Shall Meet: Bell, Gallaudet, and the Communications Debate - Winefield, Richard
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Throughout the last two centuries, a controversial question has plagued the field of education of the deaf: should sign language be used to communicate with and instruct deaf children? Never the Twain Shall Meet focuses on the debate over this question, especially as it was waged in the nineteenth century, when it was at its highest pitch and the battle lines were clearly drawn. In addition to exploring Alexander Graham Bell's and Edward Miner Gallaudet's familial and educational backgrounds, Never the Twain Shall Meet ...

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