| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Introduction: Saigon, Inside Out; Part I. Social Edginess; Part II. Space, Time, and Urban Expansion; Part III. Realizing the Ideal; Conclusion: What Edges Do; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Much of the world's population inhabits the urban fringe, an area that is neither fully rural nor urban. Hoc Mon, a district that lies along a key transport corridor on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, epitomizes one of those places. In "Saigon's Edge," Erik Harms explores life in Hoc Mon, putting forth a revealing perspective on how rapid urbanization impacts the people who live at the intersection of rural and urban worlds. Unlike the idealized Vietnamese model of urban space, Hoc Mon is between worlds, neither outside nor inside but always uncomfortably both. With particular att |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
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Urban anthropology -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
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City and town life -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
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Sociology, Urban -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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City and town life
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Sociology, Urban
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Urban anthropology
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Urbanization
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Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816676637 |
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0816676631 |
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9781452946245 |
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1452946248 |
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