A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience / edited by Carroll Pursell.

"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, protes...

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Corporate Author: Lemelson Center
Other Authors: Pursell, Carroll W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
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