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The Silicon Valley of dreams : environmental injustice, immigrant workers, and the high-tech global economy / David Naguib Pellow and Lisa Sun-Hee Park.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical AmericaPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xi, 303 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0814767095
  • 9780814767092
  • 0814767109
  • 9780814767108
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.979473 21
LOC classification:
  • HC107.C22 S376 2002
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Early History and the Struggle for Resources: Native Nations, Spain, Mexico, and the United States -- 3. The Valley of the Heart's Delight: Santa Clara County's Agricultural Period, 1870-1970 -- 4. The Emergence of Silicon Valley: High-Tech Development and Ecocide, 1950-2001 -- 5. The Political Economy of Work and Health in Silicon Valley -- 6. The Core: Work and the Struggle to Make a Living without Dying -- 7. The Periphery: Expendable People, Dangerous Work -- 8. Beyond Silicon Valley: The Social and Environmental Costs of the Global Microelectronics Industry -- 9. Toward Environmental and Social Justice in Silicon Valley, USA, and Beyond -- 10. The Broader Picture: Natural Resources, Globalization, and Increasing Inequality.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 330.979473 PEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A261695B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Early History and the Struggle for Resources: Native Nations, Spain, Mexico, and the United States -- 3. The Valley of the Heart's Delight: Santa Clara County's Agricultural Period, 1870-1970 -- 4. The Emergence of Silicon Valley: High-Tech Development and Ecocide, 1950-2001 -- 5. The Political Economy of Work and Health in Silicon Valley -- 6. The Core: Work and the Struggle to Make a Living without Dying -- 7. The Periphery: Expendable People, Dangerous Work -- 8. Beyond Silicon Valley: The Social and Environmental Costs of the Global Microelectronics Industry -- 9. Toward Environmental and Social Justice in Silicon Valley, USA, and Beyond -- 10. The Broader Picture: Natural Resources, Globalization, and Increasing Inequality.

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