Journal article
George Washington carver slept here: Racial identity and laboratory practice at Iowa state college
History and technology, v 17(4), pp 353-374
01 Jan 2001
Abstract
Racialist social agendas have helped determine who will and will not be admitted to the engineering programs of American universities, and bench-level activities within university laboratories have both followed from, and encouraged these structures of occupational opportunity. The engineering division of Iowa State College between 1900 and 1960 was one site of such exclusionary activity. African-American students were under-represented in its programs throughout this period, even as other areas of the university diversified and as women gradually increased their presence in the engineering division. This paper proposes a study of ISC's engineering curricula, instruments, and facilities as a means of identifying and understanding this inequity.
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Details
- Title
- George Washington carver slept here: Racial identity and laboratory practice at Iowa state college
- Creators
- Amy Slaton - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- History and technology, v 17(4), pp 353-374
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- History
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84975185645
- Other Identifier
- 991019173805404721