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

• Autore: Thai Hung Cam <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (509 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8959/22073
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto non controllato: Saigon; Vietnam; Vietnamese diaspora; consumption; expenditure cascade; low-wage immigrants; migrant money; remittances; social worth; transnational families
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Insufficient funds
• ISBN: 0-8047-9056-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787886703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II