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Author Harris, Malcolm, author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
1 hold on first copy returned of 3 copies
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3025378~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  979.473 HAR    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  979.473 HAR    AVAILABLE
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Description viii, 708 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-677) and index.
Subject Palo Alto (Calif.) -- History.
Palo Alto (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- History.
Palo Alto (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- History.
High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History.
ISBN 9780316592031 hc.
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