{"product_id":"palo-alto-a-history-of-california-capitalism-and-the-world-hardcover","title":"Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003e \"Welcome and necessary...illuminating and revelatory.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is an \"extraordinary\"* story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw-dropping narrative. (*Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Myth)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Palo Alto's weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and demonstrably world-changing. Palo Alto is also a haunted toxic waste dump built on stolen Indian burial grounds, and an integral part of the capitalist world system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. PALO ALTO is an urgent and visionary history of the way we live now, one that ends with a clear-eyed, radical proposition for how we might begin to change course. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and the author of \u003ci\u003eKids These Days: The Making of Millennials\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShit is Fucked Up and Bullshit: History Since the End of History\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Santa Cruz, CA and graduated from the University of Maryland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.3 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765886189856,"sku":"9780316592031","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a961560334e0ecba358d5322812b90c8.webp?v=1780282291","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/palo-alto-a-history-of-california-capitalism-and-the-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}