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How Silicon Valley industry polluted the sylvan California dream

  • Written by Jason A. Heppler, Digital Engagement Librarian and Assistant Professor of History, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageAerial view of San Jose, California, 2016.Gordon-Shukwit, CC BY-NC-ND

On Labor Day 1956, a caravan of moving trucks wound their way into Santa Clara County, just south of San Francisco, carrying the possessions of 600 families and equipment for the missile and space labs of the Lockheed Corporation. One month later, Lockheed’s Sunnyvale...

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