Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris
A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
An account that traces how a wealthy university, municipal zoning, federal funding, and property regimes transformed a patch of California into the birthplace of modern tech and its inequalities. Combining archival history with political economy, it shows how land-use rules, exclusionary suburbs, venture capital, and military contracts—along with myths of counterculture and meritocracy—produced Silicon Valley’s wealth, surveillance practices, and persistent housing crisis. Rather than celebrating innovation as purely cultural, the narrative attributes the region’s power to legal, financial, and state-backed foundations.
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- 2022
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