Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is a story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw-dropping narrative.

“Extraordinary.” —Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the Myth

Palo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and demonstrably world-changing. Palo Alto is also a haunted toxic waste dump built on stolen Indian bu...