Silicon City

Famously home to artists and activists, and known as the birthplace of the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the LGBTQ movement, the Bay Area has been reshaped by Silicon Valley, the engine of the new American economy. Through interviews with people at the epicenter of the recent change, Cary McClelland captures San Francisco as never before. "McClelland weaves together a narrative of a region under siege by the economic forces. . . . A refreshing perspective." -- Oakland Magazine "Silicon City should be San Francisco's next big city- wide read." -- Katie Hafner, Fast Company "With dazzling omniscience, Silicon City delivers the voices of the people, each one sharing their own understanding of the city, like an oral history of the present." -- David Cassel, New Stack "Nuanced, diverse, complicated, and ongoing. . . . The residents of the region excavate its history, dissect the present, and offer visions for the future." -- Dylan Schleicher, 800- CEO- READ