{"product_id":"the-devil-in-silicon-valley-northern-california-race-and-mexican-americans","title":"The Devil in Silicon Valley: Northern California, Race, and Mexican Americans","description":"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 worlds most influential but least-understood places. Far more than any label of the moment  the devil of racism has long been Silicon Valleys 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 broad reevaluation of the American West. Based on dozens of oral histories as well as unprecedented archival research  The Devil in Silicon Valley shows how San Jos  Santa Clara  and other northern California locales played a critical role in the ongoing development of Latino politics.  This is a transnational history. In addition to considering the past efforts of immigrant and U.S.-born miners  fruit cannery workers  and janitors at high-tech firms--many of whom retained strong ties to Mexico--Pitti describes the work of such well-known Valley residents as Csar Chavez. He also chronicles the violent opposition ethnic Mexicans have faced in Santa Clara Valley. In the process  he reinterprets not only California history but the Latino political tradition and the story of American labor.  This book follows California race relations from the Franciscan missions to the Gold Rush  from the New Almaden mine standoff to the Apple janitorial strike. As the first sustained account of Northern Californias Mexican American history  it challenges conventional thinking and tells a fascinating story. Bringing the past to bear on the present  The Devil in Silicon Valley is counter-history at its best.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44915444875317,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691092877","price":91.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0691092877.jpg?v=1768301847","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-devil-in-silicon-valley-northern-california-race-and-mexican-americans","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}