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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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Corporate Author: Lemelson Center
Other Authors: Pursell, Carroll W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Technology > United States > History.
Technology > Social aspects > United States > History.
African Americans > History.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:"Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 397 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:0262162253
9780262162258
9780262281959
0262281953
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/3407.001.0001