Trespassers?: Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia

Trespassers? takes an intimate look at the everyday life and politics inside Silicon Valley, revealing complex attitudes towards newcomers among long-time neighbors and city officials.

This book provides a textured tale of tensions emerging over the suburb's changing environment, highlighting the passionate efforts of Asian Americans to make Silicon Valley their home by investing in local schools, neighborhoods, and shopping centers.

With vivid storytelling, Trespassers? uncovers suburbia as an increasingly important place for immigrants and minorities to register their claims for equality and inclusion.

This book is a must-read for scholars, students, and practitioners concerned with race and metropolitan development.

Highly recommended!