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A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience /

Title:
A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience /
Published:
Cambridge, Mass. : ©2005.
Format:
Book
Institution:
MassArt
Contents:
1. African medicine in the new world -- 2. New world skills -- 3. The persistence of craft -- 4. The new industrial age -- 5. Finding a place in the industrial age -- 6. Training for the industrial age -- 7. Inventors -- 8. The rural south -- 9. Industrial employment -- 10. The automobile -- 11. Learning to fly -- 12. War work -- 13. After the war -- 14. Setting a political agenda -- 15. Ties to Africa -- 16. Engineering careers -- 17. Accessing the information age -- 18. Technological troubles -- Further readings -- Index.

Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
MassArt Main
T21 .H38 2005Available