| Silicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley Contributor(s): McClelland, Cary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393357430 ISBN-13: 9780393357431 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 330.979 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - Northern California - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Francisco, California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: San Francisco is changing at warp speed. Famously home to artists and activists, and known as the birthplace of the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the LGBTQ movement, the Bay Area has been reshaped by Silicon Valley. The richer the region gets, the more unequal and less diverse it becomes, and cracks in the city's facade--rapid gentrification, an epidemic of evictions, rising crime, atrophied public institutions--are growing wider. Inspired by Studs Terkel's classic works of oral history, Cary McClelland spent years interviewing people at the epicenter of recent change, from venture capitalists and coders to politicians and protesters, capturing San Francisco as never before. |
Contributor Bio(s): McClelland, Cary: - Cary McClelland is a writer, filmmaker, lawyer, and rights advocate whose work has taken him around the world. He met his wife in San Francisco, where they settled down and built their first home. They now live in Brooklyn with their son. |