Seeing Silicon Valley - Life Inside a Fraying America (Paperback)

It's hard to imagine a place more central to American mythology today than Silicon Valley. To outsiders, the region glitters with the promise of extraordinary wealth and innovation. But behind this image lies another Silicon Valley, one segregated by race, class, and nationality in complex and contradictory ways. Its beautiful landscape lies atop underground streams of pollutants left behind by decades of technological innovation, and while its billionaires live in compounds, surrounded by redwood trees and security fences, its service workers live in their cars. With arresting photography and intimate stories, Seeing Silicon Valley makes this hidden world visible. Instead of young entrepreneurs striving for efficiency in minimalist corporate campuses, we see portraits of struggle-families displaced by an impossible real estate market, workers striving for a living wage, and communities harmed by environmental degradation. If the fate of Silicon Valley is the fate of America-as so many of its boosters claim-then this book gives us an unvarnished look into the future.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2021
Authors:	Mary Beth Meehan • Fred Turner
Photographers:	Mary Beth Meehan
Dimensions:	178 x 254 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-78648-3
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Homelessness Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General
LSN:	0-226-78648-X
Barcode:	9780226786483

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