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UNINA9910827414203321 |
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Titolo |
A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience / / edited by Carroll Pursell |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-09694-X |
9786612096945 |
0-262-28195-3 |
1-4237-9657-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technology - United States - History |
Technology - Social aspects - United States - History |
African Americans - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-386) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Introduction -- I COLONIAL ERA -- 1 African Medicine in the New World -- 2 New World Skills -- II ANTEBELLUM YEARS -- 3 The Persistence of Craft -- 4 The New Industrial Age -- III WAR, RECONSTRUCTION, AND SEGREGATION -- 5 Finding a Place in the Industrial Age -- IV THE PROGRESSIVE ERA -- 6 Training for the Industrial Age -- 7 Inventors -- V BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS -- 8 The Rural South -- 9 Industrial Employment -- 10 The Automobile -- VI World War II and the Cold War -- 11 Learning to Fly -- 12 War Work -- 13 After the War -- VII THE MOVEMENT AND BEYOND -- 14 Setting a Political Agenda -- 15 Ties to Africa -- 16 Engineering Careers -- 17 Accessing the Information Age -- 18 Technological Troubles -- Further Readings -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, protest pamphlets, and other primary sources to document the |
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