The Unseen Minority.The Unseen Minority Frances A. Koestler American Foundation for the Blind 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, NY 10001 0891288961 $59.95 The Unseen Minority: A Social History of Blindness in the United States is a newly revised edition of the award-winning history first commissioned in 1971. Now updated with a foreword outlining issues that have arisin in the past 30 years, historical timelines of landmark legislative events concerning education, low vision, and orientation, The Unseen Minority is a comprehensive and in-depth account of everything from books for the blind (braile and audio books), to issues particular to the war-blinded, the role of mobility as the key to independence among the blind, and much more. A "must-have" definitive history especially recommended for college and reference libraries. |
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