The global Silicon Valley home : lives and landscapes within Taiwanese American trans-Pacific culture
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The global Silicon Valley home : lives and landscapes within Taiwanese American trans-Pacific culture
AUTHOR:
Chang, Shenglin.
ISBN:
9780804752152
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
SERIES:
Asian America
Asian America.
SERIES_TITLE:
Asian America
Asian America.
ABSTRACT:
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."
Preface : all leaves fall back to their roots -- Returning home in the information age -- Toward the trans-Pacific home -- Made by Taiwan : the trans-Pacific commuters -- The emerging transnational family life -- Transcultural lifestyles across the Pacific Rim -- Ranch 99 : a virtual Chinatown -- Heaven and hell : Silicon Valley in Hsinchu Science Park -- Building a global city in my backyard -- Mirror homes -- Homes across the water -- Leaving and returning in trans-Pacific commuter culture.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| 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 -- Hsinchu City -- Social conditions. |
| Transnationalism. |
| Community life -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
| Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Relations -- Taiwan -- Hsinchu City. |
| Hsinchu City (Taiwan) -- Relations -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
| Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Social conditions. |
BIBSUMMARY:
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."
Preface : all leaves fall back to their roots -- Returning home in the information age -- Toward the trans-Pacific home -- Made by Taiwan : the trans-Pacific commuters -- The emerging transnational family life -- Transcultural lifestyles across the Pacific Rim -- Ranch 99 : a virtual Chinatown -- Heaven and hell : Silicon Valley in Hsinchu Science Park -- Building a global city in my backyard -- Mirror homes -- Homes across the water -- Leaving and returning in trans-Pacific commuter culture.