The Blind in French Society from the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille

by Alain Corbin (Preface), ZinaWeygand (Author), Emily-JaneCohen (Preface)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $92.46

  A history of perceptions of the blind and of their integration or lack thereof in French society, this book introduces us to a host of fictional and real individuals and paints a moving picture of their advances and disappointments, concluding with the triumphant invention of Louis Braille.