The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors

by Patricia Carter Sluby

Book Overview

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.

Successful entrepreneurs and inventors share valuable characteristics like self-confidence, perseverance, and the ability to conceptualize unrealized solutions or opportunities. However, another...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313363358
• ISBN13: 9780313363351
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years