A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience / edited by Carroll Pursell.
2005
T21 .H38 2005eb
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Title
A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience / edited by Carroll Pursell.
ISBN
0262162253 (alk. paper)
9780262162258 (alk. paper)
9780262281959 (electronic bk.)
0262281953 (electronic bk.)
9780262162258 (alk. paper)
9780262281959 (electronic bk.)
0262281953 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 397 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
9780262162258
Call Number
T21 .H38 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
608.9/96/073
Summary
"A Hammer in Their Hands (the title comes from the famous song about John Henry, "the steel-driving man" who beat the steam drill) collects newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements for runaway slaves, letters, folklore, excerpts from biography and fiction, legal patents, protest pamphlets, and other primary sources to document the technological achievements of African-Americans."--Jacket.
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"Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution."
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