"Meissner''s book makes a signifi cant contribution to the growing fi eld of superdiversity studies. With her emphasis on small migrant groups and focus beyond ethno-national categories she brings a fresh perspective to the understanding of migrants'' networks and new ideas about research design. The book will interest students and academics from a range of disciplines." (Professor Jenny Phillimore, Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS), University of Birmingham, UK)

"In this book Fran Meissner succeeds in making the small big. Using a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between migration and socio-cultural diversifi cation, and focusing on the experiences and social networks of Pacifi c Islanders in two world cities, she challenges static models of society and brings to life the complexities of living in superdiverse environments through a combination of a lucid text and compelling visualisations of data." (Professor Dan Hiebert, Department of Geography, University of Birtish Columbia, Canada)

"Here is a book that addresses the crucial role of complex social and migration-related diversities for a fruitful analysis of interacting, socialising and networking. Meissner shows, in a scholarly fashion, how multidimensional homophily intersect rather than consolidate - even for a relative small immigrant group." (PD Sören Petermann, Head of the staff division of Knowledge Transfer, GESIS, Cologne, Germany)

"In this book Fran Meissner succeeds in making the small big. Using a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between migration and socio-cultural diversification, and focusing on the experiences and social networks of Pacific Islanders in two world cities, she challenges static models of society and brings to life the complexities of living in superdiverse environments through a combination of a lucid text and compelling visualisations of data." (Dan Hiebert, University of British Columbia, Canada)