Palo Alto: a history of California, capitalism, and the world

"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...

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1. Verfasser: Harris, Malcolm 1988- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Boston ; London Little, Brown and Company February 2023
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:viii, 708 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9780316592031
031659203X

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