A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience / / edited by Carroll Pursell
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 608.9/96/073 |
| Soggetto topico: | Technology - United States - History |
| Technology - Social aspects - United States - History | |
| African Americans - History | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology | |
| Classificazione: | 50.11 |
| Altri autori: |
PursellCarroll W
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| Note generali: | "Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-386) and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A hammer in their hands |
| ISBN: | 1-282-09694-X |
| 9786612096945 | |
| 0-262-28195-3 | |
| 1-4237-9657-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777407703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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