Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Study and Teaching Determined to uncover the truth

Determined to uncover the truth

revealing how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

and--for better or worse--necessary reading

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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Study and Teaching Determined to uncover the truthNamed One of the Year's Best Books by VULTURE THE NEW REPUBLIC DAZED WIRED BLOOMBERG ESQUIRE SALON THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is an "extraordinary" story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw dropping narrative (Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The End of the Myth). Palo Alto's weather is temperate, its people are educated and