The Silicon Valley of Dreams : : Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy / / David N. Pellow, Lisa Sun-Hee Park.
Next to the nuclear industry, the largest producer of contaminants in the air, land, and water is the electronics industry. Silicon Valley hosts the highest density of Superfund sites anywhere in the nation and leads the country in the number of temporary workers per capita and in workforce gender i...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical America ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 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
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Authors