A Hammer in Their Hands: A Documentary History of Technology and the African-American Experience
"Despite recent scholarly emphasis on both race and technology as highly contested and contingent historical phenomena, the interrelationship between these two fields of study and African-American history remains insufficiently appreciated and acknowledged. This fine collection of primary sources not only illuminates the role of African Americans in the development of a broad range of technologies over nearly three centuries, but also suggests an intellectual framework for a broader synthesis of technology and race in the development of American culture and society."--Joe W. Trotter, Mellon Professor and Head, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University, author of *The African American Experience* and *River Jordan: African American Urban Life in the Ohio Valley*Please note: Arrived too late to appear on book jacket.