Alexis Madrigal

The Pacific Circuit

A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A book about the weight of the global economy pressing on Oakland, California, revealing how vast streams of money and new technologies warp the fabric of contemporary work and life"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MCD
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780374159405
• ISBN-10: 0374159408
• Artikelnr.: 70525584

Autorenporträt

Alexis Madrigal is a journalist who lives in Oakland, California. He is the cohost of KQED's current affairs show, Forum, and a contributing writer at The Atlantic, where he cofounded the COVID Tracking Project. Previously, he was the editor in chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired. Madrigal is the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. He has been a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's School of Information and UC Berkeley's Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society as well as an affiliate with Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He is the proprietor of the Oakland Garden Club, a newsletter for people who like to think about plants. He was born in Mexico City, grew up in rural Washington State, and went to Harvard University.