0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies

Buy Now

Technology and the African-American Experience - Needs and Opportunities for Study (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R976
Discovery Miles 9 760
Technology and the African-American Experience - Needs and Opportunities for Study (Paperback, New Ed): Bruce Sinclair

Technology and the African-American Experience - Needs and Opportunities for Study (Paperback, New Ed)

Bruce Sinclair

Series: The MIT Press

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R976 Discovery Miles 9 760 | Repayment Terms: R91 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

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 black disingenuity" -- the historical perception that black people were technically incompetent. Enslaved Africans actually brought with them the techniques of rice cultivation that proved so profitable to their white owners, and antebellum iron working in the South depended heavily on blacks' craft skills. The essays document the realities of black technical creativity -- in catalogs of patented inventiveness, in the use of "invisible technologies" such as sea chanteys, and in the mastery of complex new technologies. But the book also explores the economic and social functions of the disingenuity myth, and therefore its persistence. African-Americans often saw in new technologies a means to escape racial prejudice, but white Americans used them just as often to re-frame the boundaries of social behavior. The essays show that technologies and racialized thought are much more tightly connected than we have imagined.

General

Imprint: MIT Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The MIT Press
Release date: August 2006
First published: 2006
Editors: Bruce Sinclair
Dimensions: 229 x 178 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 250
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-69344-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Promotions
LSN: 0-262-69344-5
Barcode: 9780262693448

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Being Black - A South African Story That…
Theo Mayekiso Paperback R331 Discovery Miles 3 310
Crossroads - I Live Where I Like
Koni Benson Paperback R280 R259 Discovery Miles 2 590
Blues For The White Man - Hearing Black…
Fred de Vries Paperback R148 Discovery Miles 1 480
Impossible Return - Cape Town's Forced…
Siona O' Connell Paperback R355 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330
Miss Behave
Malebo Sephodi Paperback  (12)
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020
The Origin Of Others
Toni Morrison Hardcover  (3)
R634 R558 Discovery Miles 5 580
The Seed Is Mine - The Life Of Kas…
Charles Van Onselen Paperback R380 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390
A Promised Land
Barack Obama Hardcover  (6)
R930 R795 Discovery Miles 7 950
Black Skin - The Definitive Skincare…
Dija Ayodele Hardcover R590 R205 Discovery Miles 2 050
Critique Of Black Reason
Achille Mbembe Paperback  (1)
R380 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510
Don't Upset ooMalume - A Guide To…
Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka Paperback R280 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500
Intelligence Isn't Enough - A Black…
Carice Anderson Paperback R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860

See more

Partners