02916oam 2200661Ma 450 991077740770332120190503073342.01-282-09694-X97866120969450-262-28195-31-4237-9657-89780262162258(CKB)1000000000451956(OCoLC)182530570(CaPaEBR)ebrary10173531(SSID)ssj0000166981(PQKBManifestationID)11163690(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166981(PQKBWorkID)10168908(PQKB)10652597(MiAaPQ)EBC3338480(OCoLC)182530570(OCoLC)71000534(OCoLC)474165377(OCoLC)475437092(OCoLC)614962061(OCoLC)648223033(OCoLC)722563892(OCoLC)870341176(OCoLC)888568022(OCoLC)961552454(OCoLC)962681778(OCoLC)988417440(OCoLC)992019207(OCoLC)1037506664(OCoLC)1037923285(OCoLC)1038702203(OCoLC)1055341126(OCoLC)1058012513(OCoLC)1064765359(OCoLC)1081281698(OCoLC)1083607933(OCoLC-P)182530570(MaCbMITP)3407(Au-PeEL)EBL3338480(CaPaEBR)ebr10173531(EXLCZ)99100000000045195620040803d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA hammer in their hands a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience /edited by Carroll PursellCambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20051 online resource (416 p.)"Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution."0-262-16225-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-386) and index."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 technological achievements of African-Americans."--Jacket.TechnologyUnited StatesHistoryTechnologySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansHistorySCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/GeneralSOCIAL SCIENCES/SociologyTechnologyHistory.TechnologySocial aspectsHistory.African AmericansHistory.608.9/96/07350.11bclPursell Carroll W621664Lemelson Center.OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910777407703321A hammer in their hands3763824UNINA