Title: A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience /
Authors: Pursell, Carroll W.; Lemelson Center.
Publisher: MIT Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Technology United States History; Technology Social aspects United States History; African Americans History
Abstract: 'A Hammer in Their Hands' collects newspaper & magazine articles, advertisements for runaway slaves, letters, folklore, excerpts from biography & fiction, legal patents, protest pamphlets, & other primary sources to document the technological achievements of African Americans.
Contents: 1. African medicine in the new world -- 2. New world skills -- 3. The persistence of craft -- 4. The new industrial age -- 5. Finding a place in the industrial age -- 6. Training for the industrial age -- 7. Inventors -- 8. The rural south -- 9. Industrial employment -- 10. The automobile -- 11. Learning to fly -- 12. War work -- 13. After the war -- 14. Setting a political agenda -- 15. Ties to Africa -- 16. Engineering careers -- 17. Accessing the information age -- 18. Technological troubles -- Further readings -- Index.