Pictures of a Gone City Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area

by Walker, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9781629635101
• ISBN10: 1629635103
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-06-01
• Publisher: PM Press

Summary

This exploration begins by tracing the concentration of IT in Greater Silicon Valley and the resulting growth in start-ups, jobs, and wealth. This is followed by a look at the new working class of color and the millions earning poverty wages. The middle chapters survey the urban scene, including the housing bubble and the newly exploded metropolis, and the final chapters take on the political questions raised by the environmental impact of the boom, the fantastical ideology of TechWorld, and the tech-led transformation of the region.

Author Biography

Richard A. Walker is professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Berkeley and the director of the Living New Deal Project, whose purpose is to inventory all New Deal public works sites in the United States and recover the lost memory of government investment for the good of all.