The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors

The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors
ISBN-10
0313363358
ISBN-13
9780313363351
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Author
Patricia Carter Sluby

Description

This book not only documents the valuable contributions of African American thinkers, inventors, and entrepreneurs past and present, but also puts these achievements into context of the obstacles these innovators faced because of their race. * Presents a chronology of patents issued to African Americans from the period of slavery to the present * Includes illustrations of patents and trademarks as well as advertising copy and photographs of African American entrepreneurs and patentees * Provides a bibliography of significant materials from the fields of invention, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, and business * A helpful index offers access to the entries by inventor, invention, patents, trademarks, periodicals, and field/profession * An appendix holds a comprehensive roster of African American patentees listing the inventor's name, U.S. patent title and number, and date of issue

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