Jiaming Sun is teaching in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Texas A & M University—Commerce. He was a professor in the Sociology Department, International Politics Department in Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He has published a number of papers on globalization, urban residential life, cultural study, and youth problems in China, Taiwan, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom over the last twenty years.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 ForewordPart 3 PrefaceChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 Literature ReviewChapter 6 The Methodology, Hyoptheses, and Study SettingChapter 7 A Historical and Contemporary Macro OverviewChapter 8 Global Connectivity and Residential DifferentiationChapter 9 Global Connectivity and Community SatisfactionChapter 10 Global Connectivity and Globally-Oriented ConsumptionChapter 11 Global Connectivity and Value OrientationsChapter 12 Conclusions, Limitations, and Future ResearchPart 13 EndnotesPart 14 BibliographyPart 15 IndexPart 16 About the Author

Jiaming Sun is teaching in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Texas A & M University—Commerce. He was a professor in the Sociology Department, International Politics Department in Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He has published a number of papers on globalization, urban residential life, cultural study, and youth problems in China, Taiwan, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom over the last twenty years.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 ForewordPart 3 PrefaceChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 Literature ReviewChapter 6 The Methodology, Hyoptheses, and Study SettingChapter 7 A Historical and Contemporary Macro OverviewChapter 8 Global Connectivity and Residential DifferentiationChapter 9 Global Connectivity and Community SatisfactionChapter 10 Global Connectivity and Globally-Oriented ConsumptionChapter 11 Global Connectivity and Value OrientationsChapter 12 Conclusions, Limitations, and Future ResearchPart 13 EndnotesPart 14 BibliographyPart 15 IndexPart 16 About the Author