Insufficient funds : the culture of money in low-wage transnational families / Hung Cam Thai.
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TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780804790567 (e-book)
- Vietnamese -- United States -- Economic conditions
- Vietnamese -- United States -- Social conditions
- Immigrants -- Family relationships -- United States
- Immigrants -- Family relationships -- Vietnam
- Money -- Social aspects -- United States
- Money -- Social aspects -- Vietnam
- Families -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Families -- Economic aspects -- Vietnam
- Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- United States
- Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- Vietnam
- 305.8959/22073 23
- E184.V53 T45 2014eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Six tales of migrant money -- The making of a transnational expenditure cascade -- Money as a currency of care -- The migrant provider role -- The American dream in Vietnam -- Compensatory consumption -- Emulative consumption -- The cyclical entrenchment of monetary habits -- The high price of esteem consumption -- Tall promises -- Conclusion : special money in low-wage transnational families.
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