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Book Title: Making Silicon Valley : Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Christophe Lecuyer
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, Military / General, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 20 oz
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
