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Philanthropy and Deafness in Wales, 1847–1914
Michael Mantin,
Mike Mantin
Welsh History Review, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 282 - 309
Swansea University Author: Mike Mantin
Abstract
Most deaf institutions that were established in the nineteenth century operated on a voluntary basis, relying on charitable donations to survive. These institutions, and thus the deaf pupils who were educated in them, were drawn into the discourses of nationality, gender and religion which came with...
| Abstract: |
Most deaf institutions that were established in the nineteenth century operated on a voluntary basis, relying on charitable donations to survive. These institutions, and thus the deaf pupils who were educated in them, were drawn into the discourses of nationality, gender and religion which came with their reliance on an interconnected local philanthropic elite. This article examines how the Cambrian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Swansea – Wales's first deaf institution – took part in these philanthropic debates, explores the specific Welsh dimension to them and examines how its methods of philanthropy created a distinctive construction of deafness. |
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| Keywords: |
disability history, deaf history, history of special education, philanthropy, voluntary action history |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
2 |
| Start Page: |
282 |
| End Page: |
309 |