Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City

Allison J. Truitt is assistant professor of anthropology at Tulane University.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Place Names

Introduction

1. The Making of Vietnamese Money

2. Renovating Households

3. Dollars Are for Keeping

4. Summoning Spirits

5. The Qualities of Money

6. Dodging, or Street-Level Strategies for Personal Gain

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Allison J. Truitt

Summary

Explores the function of money in everyday life in Vietnam

Product details

• Authors: Allison J Truitt, Allison J. Truitt, TRUITT ALLISON J
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2013
• EAN: 9780295992754
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99275-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies; Critical Dialogues in Southeas; Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City; Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues i
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories