02752nam 2200637Ia 450 991081327370332120230725050811.01-4529-4624-80-8166-7663-1(CKB)2550000000041299(EBL)718871(OCoLC)733040284(SSID)ssj0000525480(PQKBManifestationID)11343592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525480(PQKBWorkID)10508745(PQKB)10095295(StDuBDS)EDZ0001168267(MiAaPQ)EBC718871(MdBmJHUP)muse29850(Au-PeEL)EBL718871(CaPaEBR)ebr10479187(CaONFJC)MIL525968(EXLCZ)99255000000004129920110503d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaigon's edge[electronic resource] on the margins of Ho Chi Minh city /Erik HarmsMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20111 online resource (310 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-5606-1 0-8166-5605-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexMuch 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 tUrbanizationVietnamHo Chi Minh CityUrban anthropologyVietnamHo Chi Minh CityCity and town lifeVietnamHo Chi Minh CitySociology, UrbanVietnamHo Chi Minh CityUrbanizationUrban anthropologyCity and town lifeSociology, Urban307.7609597/7Harms ErikPh. D.867984MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813273703321Saigon's edge3993639UNINA