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Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City by Ph.D. Harms, Erik: Used
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- Book Title
- Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City
- Publication Date
- 2011-03-28
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780816656066
- Subject Area
- Social Science
- Publication Name
- Saigon's Edge : on the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816656061
ISBN-13
9780816656066
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99633001
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Saigon's Edge : on the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City
Subject
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-044695
Reviews
"Sad and tragic, and at times funny and full of hope, Erik Harms shows how people live in the murky zones of the urban-rural divide, in the runoff, the debris, and wasteland of a now relentless urban industrial expansion. Saigon's Edge is a wake up call for all of us who study the global city: socialist cities in the throes of global integration and world capitalist utopian imaginings have powerful stories to tell that we cannot afford to ignore. Saigon's Edge sets a new benchmark on how to study the urban form, capitalist, socialist, and everything in between." -Ralph Litzinger, Duke University, "Sad and tragic, and at times funny and full of hope, Erik Harms shows how people live in the murky zones of the urban-rural divide, in the runoff, the debris, and wasteland of a now relentless urban industrial expansion. Saigon's Edge is a wake up call for all of us who study the global city: socialist cities in the throes of global integration and world capitalist utopian imaginings have powerful stories to tell that we cannot afford to ignore. Saigon's Edge sets a new benchmark on how to study the urban form, capitalist, socialist, and everything in between." --Ralph Litzinger, Duke University, "Sad and tragic, and at times funny and full of hope, Erik Harms shows how people live in the murky zones of the urban-rural divide, in the runoff, the debris, and wasteland of a now relentless urban industrial expansion. Saigon's Edge is a wake up call for all of us who study the global city: socialist cities in the throes of global integration and world capitalist utopian imaginings have powerful stories to tell that we cannot afford to ignore. Saigon's Edge sets a new benchmark on how to study the urban form, capitalist, socialist, and everything in between." --Ralph Litzinger, Duke University, "Sad and tragic, and at times funny and full of hope, Erik Harms shows how people live in the murky zones of the urban-rural divide, in the runoff, the debris, and wasteland of a now relentless urban industrial expansion. Saigon's Edge is a wake up call for all of us who study the global city: socialist cities in the throes of global integration and world capitalist utopian imaginings have powerful stories to tell that we cannot afford to ignore. Saigon's Edge sets a new benchmark on how to study the urban form, capitalist, socialist, and everything in between." -Ralph Litzinger, Duke University
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
307.7609597/7
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Glossary Introduction: Saigon, Inside Out Part I. Social Edginess 1. Bittersweet Transitions: Urbanization on the Fringe of the City 2. Power and Exclusion on the Edge: The Conflation of Rural and Urban Spaces Part II. Space, Time, and Urban Expansion 3. Future Orientations in the Country of Memory: Social Conceptions of Time 4. Negotiating Time and Space: Household, Labor, Land, and Movement Part III. Realizing the Ideal 5. The Road to Paradise: Building the Trans-Asia Highway 6. The Problem of Urban Civilization on Saigon's Edge Conclusion: What Edges Do Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Much of the world's population inhabits the urban fringe, an area that is neither fully rural nor urban. Hóc Môn, 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 Hóc Môn, 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, Hóc Môn is between worlds, neither outside nor inside but always uncomfortably both. With particular attention to everyday social realities, Harms demonstrates how living on the margin can be both alienating and empowering, as forces that exclude its denizens from power and privilege in the inner city are used to thwart the status quo on the rural edges. More than a local case study of urban change, Harms's work also opens a window on Vietnam's larger turn toward market socialism and the celebration of urbanization--transformations instructively linked to trends around the globe., Much of the world's population inhabits the urban fringe, an area that is neither fully rural nor urban. H c M n, 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 H c M n, 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, H c M n is between worlds, neither outside nor inside but always uncomfortably both. With particular attention to everyday social realities, Harms demonstrates how living on the margin can be both alienating and empowering, as forces that exclude its denizens from power and privilege in the inner city are used to thwart the status quo on the rural edges. More than a local case study of urban change, Harms's work also opens a window on Vietnam's larger turn toward market socialism and the celebration of urbanization-transformations instructively linked to trends around the globe.
LC Classification Number
HT384.V52H634 2010
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2010
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