Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation: Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, and Shelby J. Davidson
(Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series and Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series)
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According to the stereotype, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid isolation and then unveiled their discoveries to a marveling world. Most successful inventors of this era, however, developed their ideas within the framework of industrial organizations that supported them and their experiments. For African American inventors, negotiating these racially stratified...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801882702
ISBN13:9780801882708
Release Date:September 2005
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:242 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 8.7"
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