The Reinvention of Distinction: Modernity and the Middle Class in Urban Vietnam
Van Nguyen-Marshall (Ed.)
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Hardback. This collection explores the Vietnamese middle class. From the leisure pursuits of the colonial middle class to the impact of the new urban rich on the countryside, it explores the ways middle classness has been practiced in a wide range of contexts. Editor(s): Nguyen-Marshall, Van; Drummond, Lisa B. Welch; Belanger, Daniele. Series: ARI - Springer Asia Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFSC; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
This pioneering collection brings together an international group of scholars to explore the Vietnamese middle class. From the leisure pursuits of the colonial middle class to the impact of the new urban rich on landscape of the countryside, this interdisciplinary volume explores the ways in which middle classness has been practiced in a wide range of contexts throughout the 20th century and into the 21st. In addition to offering insights into how middle classness was and is constituted and negotiated, this collection illuminates the cultural and social conditions of two distinctive periods in Vietnamese history. Three historical chapters consider how ... Read more
This pioneering collection brings together an international group of scholars to explore the Vietnamese middle class. From the leisure pursuits of the colonial middle class to the impact of the new urban rich on landscape of the countryside, this interdisciplinary volume explores the ways in which middle classness has been practiced in a wide range of contexts throughout the 20th century and into the 21st. In addition to offering insights into how middle classness was and is constituted and negotiated, this collection illuminates the cultural and social conditions of two distinctive periods in Vietnamese history. Three historical chapters consider how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
ARI - Springer Asia Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400723054
SKU
V9789400723054
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