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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813273703321

Autore

Harms Erik, Ph. D.

Titolo

Saigon's edge [[electronic resource] ] : on the margins of Ho Chi Minh city / / Erik Harms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4529-4624-8

0-8166-7663-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

307.7609597/7

Soggetti

Urbanization - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City

Urban anthropology - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City

City and town life - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City

Sociology, Urban - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 attention t