The inventive spirit of African Americans : patented ingenuity / Patricia Carter Sluby.

Author/creator Sluby, Patricia Carter
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2004.
Descriptionxxxviii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Once upon a time -- Early creative minds -- Under his own personage: dutifully logged -- Progressive achievement: exposing Ebony talent -- Onward, soldiers of fortune -- Among women and family -- The new age: the leading edge of technology -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Minorities in the practice of intellectual property law -- Appendix II: Roster of African American patentees: utility grants from 1821.
Local noteLittle-342938--3051310486491
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-301) and index.
LCCN 2003064767
ISBN0275966747 (alk. paper)