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(Pasadena), Patrick Conyers, Cedar Phillips, and the Pasadena Museum of History (2007). Pasadena: A Business History. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 127 p.). Director of Development (Pasadena Museum of History); Curator of Pasadena Museum of History exhibition, Prosperous Pasadena: Business in the Crown City and Beyond. Pasadena (Calif.)--Economic conditions--Pictorial works; Pasadena (Calif.)--Commerce--History--Pictorial works. Early agricultural days - brandy distillery, citrus and olive groves; 20th century - thriving resort and health town; with extensive range of establishments; business legacy still thrives on generations-old family businesses, corporate headquarters and regional franchises.

(Silicon Valley), Everett M. Rogers & Judith K. Larsen (1984). Silicon Valley Fever: Growth of High-Technology Culture. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 302 p.). Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History; Semiconductor industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History; High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History.

(Silicon Valley), Michael S. Malone (1985). The Big Score: The Billion-Dollar Story of Silicon Valley. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 442 p.). Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara County.

(Silicon Valley), AnnaLee Saxenian (1994). Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 226 p.). High technology industries--California, Northern; High technology industries--Massachusetts; United States--Economic conditions--1981---Regional disparities.

(Silicon Valley), Ed. Martin Kenney (2000). Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 285 p.). High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Business enterprises--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Economic conditions; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social conditions.

(Silicon Valley), Ed. Chong-Moon Lee ... [et al.] (2000). The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 424 p.). High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); New business enterprises--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Economic conditions; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social conditions.

(Silicon Valley), Christian Lecuyer (2005). Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 424 p.). Historian at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History--20th century; Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History--20th century; Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Military-industrial complex--California--History--20th century; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--History--20th century. Silicon Valley's emergence and growth made possible by the development of competencies in manufacturing, product engineering, management.

(Southern), Allen J. Scott (1993). Technopolis: High-Technology Industry and Regional Development in Southern California. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 322 p.). Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and Professor of Geography (University of California, Los Angeles). High technology industries--California, Southern; Regional planning--California, Southern; Industrial location--California, Southern.