Currencies of imagination : channeling money and chasing mobility in Vietnam /
"This book examines the sociocultural dynamics of migration and remittance flows between Vietnam and the United States since 1975"--
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Cornell University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Ithaca, NY : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"This book examines the sociocultural dynamics of migration and remittance flows between Vietnam and the United States since 1975"-- |
Carrier Form: | xiv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781501716881 1501716883 9781501716874 1501716875 |
Index Number: | E184 |
CLC: | D733.338-05 |
Call Number: | D733.338-05/S635 |
Contents: | Introduction: money, gifts, and flows -- The dangerous gift -- Saì gòn, overlaid by Hò Chí Minh : capitalist desires and deferrals -- Coastal flows and hypothetical horizons -- The beautiful, tired country -- Crossing the bridge home? -- Conclusion : not yet enough : mobility and its malcontents. |