Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream: Gender, Class, and Opportunity in the Twentieth Century

by Glenna Matthews

Book Overview

What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? How are increasing waves of immigration and ethnic diversity changing the workplace in the Valley? Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream examines these questions from a fresh perspective: that provided by the history of women in Silicon Valley...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804747962
• ISBN13: 9780804747967
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"