Hung Cam Thai

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The Culture of Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families

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Produktbeschreibung

Hung Cam Thai is Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at Pomona College, where he serves as Director of the Pacific Basin Institute. He is the author of For Better or for Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy (2008).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 149mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780804777322
• ISBN-10: 0804777322
• Artikelnr.: 40109967

Autorenporträt

Hung Cam Thai is Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at Pomona College, where he serves as Director of the Pacific Basin Institute. He is the author of For Better or for Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Six Tales of Migrant Money
2. The Making of a Transnational Expenditure Cascade
3. Money as a Currency of Care
4. The Migrant Provider Role
5. The American Dream in Vietnam
6. Compensatory Consumption
7. Emulative Consumption
8. The Cyclical Entrenchment of Monetary Habits
9. The High Price of Esteem Consumption
10. Tall Promises
Conclusion: Special Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families