The Spanish national deaf school : portraits from the nineteenth century / Susan Plann.

Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2007.

xxv, 273 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Auspicious beginnings : Roberto Francisco Prádez y Gautier -- The gatekeeper : Juan Manuel Ballesteros -- The teacher's noble work : Francisco Fernández Villabrille -- The seeds of deaf resistance : Manuel Tinoco -- The fruit of deaf resistance : Patricio García -- In the name of woman : Marcelina Ruiz Ricote y Fernández -- Wisdom beyond the senses : Martín de Martín y Ruiz.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-269) and index.