Technology and the African-American Experience by Bruce Sinclair - ISBN: 9780262693448
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The intersection of race and technology: black creativity and the economic and social functions of the myth of disengenuity.

Technology and the African-American Experience

Needs and Opportunities for Study

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    250 pages

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    11 August 2006

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Summary

Race and technology are two of the most powerful motifs in American history, but until recently they have not often been considered in relation to each other. This collection of essays examines the intersection of the two in a variety of social and technological contexts, pointing out, as the subtitle (borrowed from Brooke Hindle’s classic 1966 work Early American Technology) puts it, the “needs and opportunities for study.” The essays challenge what editor Bruce Sinclair calls the “myth of b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262693448
ISBN-10:0262693445
Author:Bruce Sinclair
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:250
Release Date:11 August 2006
Weight:386g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm x 13mm
Series:The MIT Press
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Critics Review

–Willie Pearson, Jr., Professor and Chair, School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology

“This enlightening collection of essays offers a wealth of insights into the relationship between race and technology in America, and opens the door to further research in this essential subject.”–John Morrow, Franklin Professor of History, University of Georgia

About The Author

Bruce Sinclair

Bruce Sinclair, formerly Melvin Kranzberg Professor of the History of Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is a Senior Fellow at the Dibner Institute at MIT. He has served as president of the Society for the History of Technology and received its Da Vinci Medal.

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