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The Devil in Silicon Valley: Northern California, Race, and Mexican Americans
Stephen J. Pitti
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Description for The Devil in Silicon Valley: Northern California, Race, and Mexican Americans
Paperback. Explores the Latino presence in the United States. This book also debunks common myths about Silicon Valley. Based on oral histories as well as archival research, it shows how San Jose, Santa Clara, and other northern California locales played a critical role in the ongoing development of Latino politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 halftones. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
This sweeping history explores the growing Latino presence in the United States over the past two hundred years. It also debunks common myths about Silicon Valley, one of the world's most influential but least-understood places. Far more than any label of the moment, the devil of racism has long been Silicon Valley's defining force, and Stephen Pitti argues that ethnic Mexicans--rather than computer programmers--should take center stage in any contemporary discussion of the "new West." Pitti weaves together the experiences of disparate residents--early Spanish-Mexican settlers, Gold Rush miners, farmworkers transplanted from Texas, Chicano movement activists, and late-twentieth-century musicians--to offer a ... Read more
This sweeping history explores the growing Latino presence in the United States over the past two hundred years. It also debunks common myths about Silicon Valley, one of the world's most influential but least-understood places. Far more than any label of the moment, the devil of racism has long been Silicon Valley's defining force, and Stephen Pitti argues that ethnic Mexicans--rather than computer programmers--should take center stage in any contemporary discussion of the "new West." Pitti weaves together the experiences of disparate residents--early Spanish-Mexican settlers, Gold Rush miners, farmworkers transplanted from Texas, Chicano movement activists, and late-twentieth-century musicians--to offer a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press New Jersey
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691118468
SKU
V9780691118468
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About Stephen J. Pitti
Stephen J. Pitti is Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University.
Reviews for The Devil in Silicon Valley: Northern California, Race, and Mexican Americans
"Pitti is a scholar with an eye for the telling detail and a passion for social justice that turns his monograph into both a saga and a manifesto."
Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Pitti's book ... serves to correct a Mexican American historiography that has focused almost exclusively on southern California. Pitti argues that northern California has been too ... Read more
Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Pitti's book ... serves to correct a Mexican American historiography that has focused almost exclusively on southern California. Pitti argues that northern California has been too ... Read more