A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience /

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"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, protes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Lemelson Center
Otros Autores: Pursell, Carroll W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Technology > United States > History.
Technology > Social aspects > United States > History.
African Americans > History.
Technologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > General.
African Americans
Technology
Technology > Social aspects
Technologie.
Sociale aspecten.
United States
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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
Notas:"Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 397 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-386) and index.
ISBN:0262162253
9780262162258
9780262281959
0262281953
9786612096945
6612096942
1423796578
9781423796572

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