Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America

Seeing Silicon Valley is a book that reveals the hidden world of segregation, struggle, and environmental degradation in the region, providing an unvarnished look into the future of America.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 112 pages
\n Publication date: 12 May 2021
\n Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
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Silicon Valley, a place that holds a significant place in American mythology today, is often perceived by outsiders as a land of extraordinary wealth and innovation. However, there exists a hidden side to Silicon Valley that is characterized by segregation based on race, class, and nationality in complex and contradictory ways. While the region boasts a picturesque landscape, it is plagued by underground streams of pollutants, a legacy of decades of technological innovation. The contrast between the lives of billionaires, who reside in luxurious compounds surrounded by redwood trees and security fences, and service workers, who struggle to make ends meet by living in their cars, is stark.

Seeing Silicon Valley, through the lens of stunning photography and intimate stories, brings this hidden world to light. Instead of the image of young entrepreneurs striving for efficiency in minimalist corporate campuses, the book presents portraits of struggle. Families are displaced by an impossible real estate market, workers fight for a living wage, and communities suffer the consequences of environmental degradation. If the fate of Silicon Valley is intertwined with the fate of America, as many of its boosters assert, then this book offers an unvarnished glimpse into the future.

\n Weight: 492g\n
Dimension: 199 x 255 x 14 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780226786483\n \n