000287183 000__ 01209cam\a2200265\a\45\0 000287183 001__ 287183 000287183 005__ 20210513105457.0 000287183 008__ 031105s2004\\\\ctua\\\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000287183 010__ $$a 2003064767 000287183 020__ $$a0275966747 (alk. paper) 000287183 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm53814689 000287183 035__ $$a287183 000287183 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dEZU 000287183 043__ $$an-us--- 000287183 049__ $$aISEA 000287183 05000 $$aT39$$b.S57 2004 000287183 08200 $$a604.8996/073$$222 000287183 1001_ $$aSluby, Patricia Carter. 000287183 24514 $$aThe inventive spirit of African Americans :$$bpatented ingenuity /$$cPatricia Carter Sluby. 000287183 260__ $$aWestport, Conn. :$$bPraeger,$$cc2004. 000287183 300__ $$axxxviii, 313 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000287183 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-301) and index. 000287183 5050_ $$aOnce upon a time -- Early creative minds -- Under his own personage: dutifully logged -- Progressive achievement: exposing Ebony talent -- Onward, soldiers of fortune -- Among women and family -- The new age: the leading edge of technology -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Minorities in the practice of intellectual property law -- Appendix II: Roster of African American patentees: utility grants from 1821. 000287183 650_0 $$aAfrican American inventors. 000287183 85200 $$bgen$$hT39$$i.S57$$i2004 000287183 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:287183$$pGLOBAL_SET 000287183 980__ $$aBIB 000287183 980__ $$aBOOK 000287183 994__ $$aC0$$bISE