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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-441) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pictures of a gone city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1004261147

Responsibility statement

Richard A. Walker

Series statement

Spectre

Sub title

tech and the dark side of prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area

Summary

Offers a sweeping account of the Bay Area in the age of the tech boom, taking a look at the dark side of it's success: overheated bubbles and spectacular crashes; exploding inequality and millions of underpaid workers; a boiling housing crisis, mass displacement, and severe environmental damage; a delusional tech elite and complicity with the worst in American politics. --Adapted from publisher description

Table Of Contents

Part one. The golden economy: beneath the glitter. Tech city: beyond the myth of immaculate innovation -- Boom town: winning and losing the economic lottery -- Gold mountain: wealth, inequality, and the class divide -- City at work: making and fighting for a livingPart two. The new metropolis: urban transformation and the tech boom. The new urbanism: remaking the heart of the city -- Bubble by the Bay: anatomy of a housing crisis -- Metro monster: size, sprawl, and segregationPart three. Facing the future: dreams, nightmares, and political realities. Saving Greenland: environmentalism in the age of global warming -- Tech world: utopias and dystopias of the IT revolution -- The right fight: what future for the left coast?

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Tech and the dark side of prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area

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