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Author:

Small, Ivan Victor, 1972- author.

Title:

Currencies of imagination : channeling money and chasing mobility in Vietnam / Ivan V. Small.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiv, 200 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Vietnamese--United States--Economic conditions.
Vietnamese--United States--Social conditions.
Emigrant remittances--Vietnam.
Vietnam--Economic conditions--1975-
Immigrants--Family relationships--Vietnam.
Immigrants--Family relationships--United States.
Money--Social aspects--Vietnam.
Money--Social aspects--United States.
Families--Economic aspects--Vietnam.
Families--Economic aspects--United States.
Transnationalism--Social aspects--United States.
Transnationalism--Social aspects--Vietnam.
Economic history.
Emigrant remittances.
Families--Economic aspects.
Immigrants--Family relationships.
Money--Social aspects.
Vietnamese--Economic conditions.
Vietnamese--Social conditions.
United States.
Vietnam.
Since 1975

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: money, gifts, and flows -- The dangerous gift -- Saigon, overlaid by Ho Chi Minh : capitalist desires and deferrals -- Coastal flows & hypothetical horizons -- The beautiful, tired country -- Crossing the bridge home -- Conclusion : not yet enough : mobility and its malcontents.

Summary:

"This book examines the sociocultural dynamics of migration and remittance flows between Vietnam and the United States since 1975"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1501716883
9781501716881
1501716875
9781501716874

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1031423008

LCCN:

2018016486

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)