The Silicon Valley of dreams
Subtitle: environmental injustice, immigrant workers, and the high-tech global economy
By: David Naguib Pellow and Lisa Sun-Hee Park.
Contributors: Park, Lisa Sun-Hee.
Series: Critical America
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: High technology industries -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Alien labor -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Minorities -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Environmental justice -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early history and the struggle for resources; title: The valley of the heart's delight; title: The emergence of silicon valley; title: The political economy of work and health in Silicon Valley; title: The core; title: The periphery; title: Beyond Silicon Valley; title: Toward environmental and social justice in Silicon Valley and beyond; title: The broader picture.