Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year In Silicon Valley
Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year In Silicon Valley
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Book Summary
Silicon Valley, a small place with few identifiable geologic or geographic features, has achieved a mythical reputation in a very short time. The modern material culture of the Valley may be driven by technology, but it also encompasses architecture, transportation, food, clothing, entertainment, intercultural exchanges, and rituals.Combining a reporter's instinct for a good interview with traditional archaeological training, Christine Finn brings the perspectives of the past and the future to the story of Silicon Valley's present material culture. She traveled the area in 2000, a period when people's fortunes could change overnight. She describes a computer's rapid trajectory from useful tool to machine to be junked to collector's
ISBN-13
9780262062244
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
The MIT Press
Publishing Date
2001-10-12
Product Edition
First Edition
Total Pages
288

Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year In Silicon Valley

by Christine A. Finn (Author),
The MIT Press (Publisher)
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Book Summary
Silicon Valley, a small place with few identifiable geologic or geographic features, has achieved a mythical reputation in a very short time. The modern material culture of the Valley may be driven by technology, but it also encompasses architecture, transportation, food, clothing, entertainment, intercultural exchanges, and rituals.Combining a reporter's instinct for a good interview with traditional archaeological training, Christine Finn brings the perspectives of the past and the future to the story of Silicon Valley's present material culture. She traveled the area in 2000, a period when people's fortunes could change overnight. She describes a computer's rapid trajectory from useful tool to machine to be junked to collector's
Book Specifications
ISBN-13
9780262062244
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
The MIT Press
Publishing Date
2001-10-12
Product Edition
First Edition
Total Pages
288