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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787886703321

Autore

Thai Hung Cam <1976->

Titolo

Insufficient funds : the culture of money in low-wage transnational families / / Hung Cam Thai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8047-9056-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (509 p.)

Disciplina

305.8959/22073

Soggetti

Vietnamese - United States - Economic conditions

Vietnamese - United States - Social conditions

Immigrants - Family relationships - United States

Immigrants - Family relationships - Vietnam

Money - Social aspects - United States

Money - Social aspects - Vietnam

Families - Economic aspects - United States

Families - Economic aspects - Vietnam

Transnationalism - Social aspects - United States

Transnationalism - Social aspects - Vietnam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Six tales of migrant money -- The making of a transnational expenditure cascade -- Money as a currency of care -- The migrant provider role -- The American dream in Vietnam -- Compensatory consumption -- Emulative consumption -- The cyclical entrenchment of monetary habits -- The high price of esteem consumption -- Tall promises -- Conclusion : special money in low-wage transnational families.

Sommario/riassunto

Every year migrants across the globe send more than