{"product_id":"deaf-president-now-john-b-christiansen-9781563681523","title":"Deaf President Now!: The 1988 Revolution at Gallaudet University","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeaf President Now!\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the groundswell leading up to the history-making week in 1988 when the students at Gallaudet University seized the campus and closed it down until their demands were met. To research this probing study, the authors interviewed in-depth more than 50 of the principal players. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis telling book reveals the critical role played by a little-known group called the \"Ducks,\" a tight-knit band of six alumni determined to see a deaf president at Gallaudet. \u003ci\u003eDeaf President Now!\u003c\/i\u003e details how they urged the student leaders to ultimate success, including an analysis of the reasons for their achievement in light of the failure of many other student movements. This fascinating study also scrutinizes the lasting effects of this remarkable episode in \"the civil rights movement of the deaf.\" \u003ci\u003eDeaf President Now!\u003c\/i\u003e tells the full story of the insurrection at Gallaudet University, an exciting study of how deaf people won social change for themselves and all disabled people everywhere through a peaceful revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John B. Christiansen, Sharon N. Barnartt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1563681528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781563681523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallaudet University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.96w x 0.79d","brand":"John B. Christiansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190813880575,"sku":"9781563681523","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21c64be7-980c-4b1f-92f1-df5b9bd7bb87.jpg?v=1690872509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deaf-president-now-john-b-christiansen-9781563681523","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}