The radical lives of Helen Keller / Kim E. Nielsen.
The radical lives of Helen Keller / Kim E. Nielsen.
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Publisher
New York : New York University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
Call Numbers
N362.41092/5
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 178 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. I Do Not Like This World As It Is: 1900-1924 -- 2. The Call of the Sightless: 1924-1937 -- 3. Manna in My Desert Places: 1937-1948 -- 4. I Will Not Allow Polly to Climb a Pyramid: 1948-1968 -- 5. One of the Least Free People on Earth: the Making and Remaking of Helen Keller.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : New York University Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"Several decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life - particularly her radicalism and anti-capitalist activism - has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf blind girl.".
But only by distancing herself from the deaf community was she able to maintain a public image as a one-of-a-kind miracle."--BOOK JACKET....
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Full title
The radical lives of Helen Keller / Kim E. Nielsen.
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The history of disability series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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Call Numbers
N362.41092/5
Record Identifier
74Vv57P8KKoy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv57P8KKoy
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ISBN
0814758134 (hc : acid-free)
9780814758137 (hc : acid-free)
DDC
362.41092
MMS ID
991017677929702626
