The Global Silicon Valley Home: Lives and Landscapes Within Taiwanese American Trans-Pacific Culture Contributor(s): Chang, Shenglin (Author) |
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ISBN: 080475215X ISBN-13: 9780804752152 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2005 Annotation: "Chang's nuanced readings of her subjects' self-narratives and physical settings provide a new wealth of detail concerning the material manifestations of mobile lives."-- The International History Review " This is a powerful and poetic work that is both informative and engaging. It combines personal history with solid scholarship to tell the story of the Taiwanese who occupy multiple homes and communities, both real and imagined. Rarely is such a solid scholarly treatment so readable and accessible." -- Mark Francis, University of California, Davis |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
Dewey: 305.895 |
LCCN: 2005022596 |
Series: Asian America |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.46" W x 9.3" (1.16 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Global Silicon Valley Home takes a close look at how residents (Taiwanese American high-tech engineer families) of the jet-set, wired-to-the-Net, trans-Pacific commuter culture have invented new ways of thinking about how their homes and landscapes reflect their personal identities-ways that enable them to make sense of "living life within two places at once." |