| Many people contributed information, help, and advice during the preparation of the material for this book. I would particularly like to thank the following: |
| The parents and teachers in China who contributed their views and experiences to this research; in Nanjing, Wu An'an, director of the Social Welfare Division of the Amity Foundation, who facilitated my fieldwork, and Zhou Hong, principal of the rehabilitation center for deaf children whose parents agreed to be interviewed for this research; in Beijing, Wan Xuanrong and Liang Wei at the China Research and Rehabilitation Center for Deaf Children; in London, Edmond Tang at the China Desk of the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland; and in Oxford, Hui Li, Zhu Buxian and Deng Ziwan, Zhang Manhua, Zhuang Yaqin, Zhang Zhichao, Fan Jinping, and Zhang Wenli for assistance with documentary sources, interpretation of data, and discussion of aspects of Chinese life and culture; |
| My academic advisors Jim Kyle (director, Centre for Deaf Studies, University of Bristol) and Alys Young, and colleagues and staff at the Centre for Deaf Studies, especially Clark Denmark and Jennifer Ackerman for their advice on a joint project with Nanjing Deaf School; |
| Cheung Suk-chong, Diana Martin, and Elvire Roberts, who read and commented on drafts of my work; Mary Plackett at the library of the RNID in London, for help obtaining source materials, especially concerning the first school for the deaf in China; Ruth Baker, for her advice on key initial contacts; and Patricia Potts at the Open University for useful discussions. |
| This research was supported by a studentship from the Economic and Social Research Council. The first year of my research, and my first field trip to China, was supported by grants from the Great BritainChina Educational Trust, the A. H. F. Barbour's Trust for China Mission, the Methodist Church, and the Alice Horsman Travelling Fellowship awarded by Somerville College, Oxford. |
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