Living with uncertainty : social change and the Vietnamese family in the rural Mekong Delta /

This book is one of the first ethnographies written on the life of farmers in rural Southern Vietnam since the economic reform in the 1980s. It investigates how social, economic and political factors affect the farmers' life in the Mekong Delta in the late socialist era with a particularly focu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shibuya, Setsuko, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015.
Subjects:
Families > Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia)
Vietnamese > Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia)
Social change > Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia)
Familles > Mékong, Delta du (Viêt-nam et Cambodge)
Vietnamiens > Mékong, Delta du (Viêt-nam et Cambodge)
Families
Rural conditions
Social change
Social conditions
Vietnamese
Family & Marriage.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) > Social conditions.
Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) > Rural conditions.
Mékong, Delta du (Viêt-nam et Cambodge) > Conditions sociales.
Mékong, Delta du (Viêt-nam et Cambodge) > Conditions rurales.
Mekong River Delta
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction: Family and Society in Vietnam""; ""2. On the Bank of the Mekong River""; ""3. Family as the Social Unit""; ""4. Farming Together""; ""5. Working Outside of the Family""; ""6. Education of Children and the Future""; ""7. Feeling Poor""; ""8. Social Change and the Family in the Rural Mekong Delta""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

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