A hammer in their hands
Subtitle: documentary history of technology and the African-American experience
By: edited by Carroll Pursell.
Contributors: Pursell, Carroll W.; Lemelson Center.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Technology -- United States -- History.; Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.; African Americans -- History.
Description: '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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution."