" Masculine Compromise  is extremely well written, the personal stories are compelling, and the core analytic concepts do not require readers to be familiar with sociological debates. By virtue of the scope and depth of its empirical detail, Masculine Compromise will be an important book. Moreover, because the authors have such a fine grasp of analytic discussions beyond China, the book will have major impact even on North American-focused scholarship, which dominates this field."--Deborah Davis, Professor of Sociology, Yale University and coeditor of Wives ,  Husbands, and Lovers: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China " Masculine Compromise shines a much-needed spotlight on migrant men and with sensitive fieldwork and brilliant analysis illuminates the power of migration to transform what seemed like intransigent patterns of parenthood, intimacy, conjugal power, and filial obligations. This book is a must-read."--Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, author of  Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens (UC Press).