Pictures of a gone city : tech and the dark side of prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area / Richard A. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Richard, 1947- author.

Series:

Spectre (PM Press (Firm))

Spectre series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wealth--California--San Francisco Bay Area.

Wealth.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.).

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Economic conditions.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 456 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : PM Press, [2018]

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.

Contents:

Front Cover; Advance Praise for Pictures of a Gone City; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: The Golden Economy; Beneath the Glitter; Introduction to part I; Chapter One: Tech City; Beyond the Myth of Immaculate Innovation; Chapter Two: Boom Town; Winning and Losing the Economic Lottery; chapter Three: Gold Mountain; Wealth, Inequality, and the Class Divide; Chapter Four: City at Work; Making and Fighting for a Living; Part II: The New Metropolis; Urban Transformation and the Tech Boom; Introduction to part II; Chapter Five: The New Urbanism; Remaking the Heart of the City

Chapter Six: Bubble by the Bay; Anatomy of a Housing Crisis; Chapter Seven: Metro Monster; Size, Sprawl, and Segregation; Part III: Facing the Future; Dreams, Nightmares, and Political Realities; Introduction to part III; Chapter Eight: Saving Greenland; Environmentalism in the Age of Global Warming; Chapter Nine: Tech World; Utopias and Dystopias of the IT Revolution; Chapter Ten: The Right Fight; What Future for the Left Coast?; Bibliography; About the Author; Index.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCO, viewed July 27, 2020).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1629635235

9781629635231

OCLC:

1031373822