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UNINA9910699042303321 |
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Titolo |
Societal impact of spaceflight [[electronic resource] /] / Steven J. Dick and Roger D. Launius, editors |
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Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, History Division, , 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 680 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DickSteven J |
LauniusRoger D |
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Soggetti |
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Astronautics and civilization |
Astronautics - Social aspects |
Astronautics - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 14, 2009). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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UNINA9910854400303321 |
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Autore |
Husson Therese-Adele <1803-1831.> |
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Titolo |
Reflections : The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France / / Therese-Adele Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2002] |
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2002 |
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ISBN |
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9780814795385 |
0814795382 |
9780814790984 |
0814790984 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 p.) |
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Collana |
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The History of Disability |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WeygandZina |
KudlickCatherine Jean |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Blind - Conduct of life |
Blind women - France |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes text of the author's Reflections and her Note on the author's youth. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-154). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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C O N T E N T S; Foreword; I . Introduction; I I . Reflections on the Physical and MoralCondition of the Blind; III. Note on the Author's Youth; IV. Reflections on a Manuscript, a Life,and a World; Notes; About the Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with t |
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