A landmark study of the life and work of the Chinese in the high-tech community of America. Students and scholars from a variety of disciplines will benefit from Dr. Wong's keen observations and insightful analyses in this thoroughly researched ethnography. This case study offers a comprehensive treatment of important topics such as race relations, social mobility, migration, assimilation, globalization, and work and occupations.

Joyce Tang, Queens College of the City University of New York

This book explores the social reality behind the hype and headlines of Silicon Valley. It is a must-read for anyone interested in globalization, migration, and diaspora formation. Wong's study is an excellent example of how ethnography can adapt to twenty-first century conditions.

James L. Watson, Harvard University

Wong's book is an excellent example of how ethnographic techniques and analyses can be applied to contemporary problems and populations. Furthermore, it is rather unique in its findings regarding globalization's effect on culture and social ties.

Anthropological Quarterly

After five years of ethnographic research, Wong has produced a rich and thorough ethnography that details emergent forms of social networks, strategies of ethnic entrepreneurship, changes in community and family formation, and ethnic identity….A welcome addition to globalization and Chinese diaspora studies.

American Ethnologist

Bernard Wong has drawn on more than thirty-five years of research experience with overseas Chinese communities on three continents to produce this work about globalization, migration, and ethnicity in one of the world's economic and intellectual hot spots, Silicon Valley. A timely and provocative book.

Herbert S. Lewis, University of Wisconsin-Madison