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Author:

Harris, Malcolm, author.

Title:

Palo Alto : a history of California, capitalism, and the world / Malcolm Harris.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

viii, 708 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

High technology industries--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History.
Palo Alto (Calif.)--History.
Palo Alto (Calif.)--History.--History.
Palo Alto (Calif.)--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-677) and index.

Summary:

"In Palo Alto, the first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, Malcolm Harris examines how and why Northern California evolved in the particular, consequential way it did, tracing the ideologies, technologies, and policies that have been engineered there over the course of 150 years of Anglo settler colonialism, from IQ tests to the "tragedy of the commons," racial genetics, and "broken windows" theory. The Internet and computers, too. It's a story about how a small American suburb became a powerful engine for economic growth and war, and how it came to lead the world into a surprisingly disastrous 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

031659203X
9780316592031 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1368052722

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)