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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carroll W Pursell; Lemelson Center. |
| ISBN: | 0262162253 0262661993 9780262162258 9780262661997 |
| OCLC Number: | 56191833 |
| Notes: | "Published in cooperation with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution." |
| Description: | xviii, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Carroll Pursell. |
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"Despite recent scholarly emphasis on both race and technology as highly contested and contingent historical phenomena, the interrelationship between these two fields of studies 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 reace 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 Read more...
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