The global Silicon Valley home
Subtitle: lives and landscapes within Taiwanese American trans-Pacific culture
By: Shenglin Chang.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Taiwanese Americans -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Ethnic identity; Taiwanese Americans -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Social conditions; Commuters -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Social conditions; Commuters -- Taiwan -- Hsin-chu shih -- Social conditions; Transnationalism; Community life -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Relations -- Taiwan -- Hsin-chu shih; Hsin-chu shih (Taiwan) -- Relations -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : all leaves fall back to their roots; title: Returning home in the information age; title: Toward the trans-Pacific home; title: Made by Taiwan : the trans-Pacific commuters; title: The emerging transnational family life; title: Transcultural lifestyles across the Pacific Rim; title: Ranch 99 : a virtual Chinatown; title: Heaven and hell : Silicon Valley in Hsinchu Science Park; title: Building a global city in my backyard; title: Mirror homes; title: Homes across the water; title: Leaving and returning in trans-Pacific commuter culture.