Market frictions : trade and urbanization at the Vietnam-China border /

"Based on ethnographic research conducted during several years, Market Frictions examines the tensions and frictions that emerge from the interaction of global market forces, urban planning policies, and small-scale trading activities in the Vietnamese border city of Lào Cai. Here, it is revea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Endres, Kirsten W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
Colección:Max Planck studies in anthropology and economy ; v. 5.
Temas:
Markets > Vietnam > Lào Cai.
Small business > Vietnam > Lào Cai.
Merchants > Vietnam > Lào Cai.
Ethnology > Vietnam > Lào Cai.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise
Commerce.
Ethnology.
Markets.
Merchants.
Small business.
Lào Cai (Vietnam) > Commerce.
Vietnam > Commerce > China.
China > Commerce > Vietnam.
China.
Vietnam.
Vietnam > Lào Cai.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Based on ethnographic research conducted during several years, Market Frictions examines the tensions and frictions that emerge from the interaction of global market forces, urban planning policies, and small-scale trading activities in the Vietnamese border city of Lào Cai. Here, it is revealed how small-scale traders and market vendors experience the marketplace, reflect upon their trading activities, and negotiate current state policies and regulations. It shows how "traditional" Vietnamese marketplaces have continually been reshaped and adapted to meet the changing political-economic circumstances and civilizational ideals of the time"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 157 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781789202458
1789202450

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