Title: The entrepreneurial spirit of African American inventors /
Authors: Sluby, Patricia Carter.
Publisher: Praeger,
Year: 2011
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.; Inventions United States History; African American inventors History.; African American business enterprises History.; United States Race relations History.
Abstract: "This book not only documents the valuable contributions of African American thinkers, inventors, and entrepreneurs past and present, but also puts these achievements into context of the obstacles these innovators faced because of their race"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Setting the stage: early inventive spirit -- Self-help, a beginning: business in the making -- Following their passion, in the marketplace -- Commercialized concepts: capital and enterprises of today -- Roster of African American patentees: utility and design grants from 1821.