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The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy
David N. Pellow
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Description for The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy
Paperback. Examines environmental inequality and racism in our globalized culture as evidenced by the social demographics of Silicon Valley. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL1; JHBL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
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 inequities. Silicon Valley offers a sobering illustration of environmental inequality and other problems that are increasingly linked to the globalization of the world's economies. In The Silicon Valley of Dreams, the authors take a hard look at the high-tech region of Silicon Valley to ... Read more
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 inequities. Silicon Valley offers a sobering illustration of environmental inequality and other problems that are increasingly linked to the globalization of the world's economies. In The Silicon Valley of Dreams, the authors take a hard look at the high-tech region of Silicon Valley to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
303
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Critical America Series
Condition
New
Weight
441g
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814767108
SKU
V9780814767108
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About David N. Pellow
David N. Pellow is the Dehlsen Chair of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His teaching and research focus on environmental and ecological justice in the U.S. and globally. Lisa Sun-Hee Park is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Consuming Citizenship: Children of Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the co-author, ... Read more
Reviews for The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy
An important contribution to the contemporary critique of high tech industry. -Contemporary Sociology Offers a lot for the general reader. The authors must be congratulated. -International Migration Review Provides a timely and necessary counter-balance to the incessant `new economy' hype that touts Silicon Valley ... Read more