001478405 000__ 05043nam\a22008055i\4500 001478405 001__ 1478405 001478405 003__ DE-B1597 001478405 005__ 20231026034901.0 001478405 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478405 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478405 008__ 221201t20092002mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478405 020__ $$a9780674037229 001478405 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674037229$$2doi 001478405 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)584870 001478405 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1294426418 001478405 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478405 0410_ $$aeng 001478405 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478405 072_7 $$aBIO000000$$2bisacsh 001478405 08204 $$a362.4/1/092$$221 001478405 1001_ $$aFreeberg, Ernest, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478405 24514 $$aThe Education of Laura Bridgman :$$bFirst Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language /$$cErnest Freeberg. 001478405 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2009] 001478405 264_4 $$c©2002 001478405 300__ $$a1 online resource (272 p.) 001478405 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478405 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478405 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478405 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478405 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1. In Quest of His Prize -- $$t2. Mind over Matter -- $$t3. In the Public Eye -- $$t4. Body and Mind -- $$t5. The Instinct to Be Good -- $$t6. Punishing Thoughts -- $$t7. Sensing God -- $$t8. Crisis -- $$t9. Disillusionment -- $$t10. A New Theory of Human Nature -- $$t11. My Sunny Home -- $$t12. Legacy -- $$tAbbreviations -- $$tNotes -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001478405 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478405 520__ $$aIn the mid-nineteenth century, Laura Bridgman, a young child from New Hampshire, became one of the most famous women in the world. Philosophers, theologians, and educators hailed her as a miracle, and a vast public followed the intimate details of her life with rapt attention. This girl, all but forgotten today, was the first deaf and blind person ever to learn language. Laura's dark and silent life was transformed when she became the star pupil of the educational crusader Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. Against the backdrop of an antebellum Boston seething with debates about human nature, programs of moral and educational reform, and battles between conservative and liberal Christians, Freeberg tells this extraordinary tale of mentor and student, scientist and experiment. Under Howe's constant tutelage, Laura voraciously absorbed the world around her, learning to communicate through finger language, as well as to write with confidence. Her remarkable breakthroughs vindicated Howe's faith in the power of education to overcome the most terrible of disabilities. In Howe's hands, Laura's education became an experiment that he hoped would prove his own controversial ideas about the body, mind, and soul. Poignant and hopeful, The Education of Laura Bridgman is both a success story of how a sightless and soundless girl gained contact with an ever-widening world, and also a cautionary tale about the way moral crusades and scientific progress can compromise each other. Anticipating the life of Helen Keller a half-century later, Laura's is a pioneering story of the journey from isolation to accomplishment, as well as a window onto what it means to be human under the most trying conditions. 001478405 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478405 546__ $$aIn English. 001478405 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) 001478405 650_0 $$aDeafblind women$$xEducation$$zUnited States. 001478405 650_0 $$aDeafblind women$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 001478405 650_7 $$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.$$2bisacsh 001478405 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001478405 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHarvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$z9783110442205 001478405 852__ $$bebk 001478405 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037229$$zOnline Access 001478405 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1478405$$pGLOBAL_SET 001478405 912__ $$a978-3-11-044220-5 Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_ESTMALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001478405 912__ $$aEBA_STMALL 001478405 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001478405 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001478405 912__ $$aPDA12STME 001478405 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001478405 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001478405 912__ $$aPDA18STMEE 001478405 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001478405 980__ $$aBIB 001478405 980__ $$aEBOOK 001478405 982__ $$aEbook 001478405 983__ $$aOnline