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Illusions of Equality: Deaf Americans in School and Factory,1850-1950
	Author: Robert M. Buchanan Publisher: Gallaudet University Press Category: Book Buy New: $45.95 New (3) Used (6) from $1.00 Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 487574 Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 214 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3 Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.9 ISBN: 156368084X Dewey Decimal Number: 305.908162 EAN: 9781563680847 ASIN: 156368084X Publication Date: November 1999 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Customer Reviews: Informative and engrossing February 21, 2000 6 out of 6 found this review helpful I found this book to be helpful as it provided much new information in areas that have not been fully explored in recent works. Buchanan showed that Deaf adults actively defended American Sign Language during the very decades (1900-1950) when "Oralism" was the official policy in most schools. He also shows that this tradition of self-activity extended into employment where Deaf adults worked individually and collectively to challenge discriminatory employers many decades before the Americans with Disabilities Act. Finally, Illusions is helpful as it provides an honest and empathic portrait of the Deaf Community that considers frailties and divisions as well as its extraordinary history of determined self-activity. Filling the Gaps December 8, 1999 4 out of 5 found this review helpful Robert Buchanan's book 'Illusions of Equality' fills a gap long overlooked in activist literature. Meticulously researched and well written, Buchanan's book details the plight of deaf Americans in trying to find equal opportunity in employment during the heyday of American industrialization. With this book, Buchanan becomes one of the premier voices amongst activist/historians.

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