UID:
almahu_9949385927902882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
ISBN:
9781003021377
,
1003021379
,
9781000045017
,
1000045013
,
9781000044799
,
1000044793
,
9781000044904
,
1000044904
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series
Content:
"Vu tells the story of Vietnamese farmers who have survived a 30-year war of independence and unification, its damaging legacies in their living environment, and the unfamiliar pressure of the market economy. Vietnamese famers are neither simply obedient beneficiaries of policy decisions made by higher authorities, nor convention-ridden cyphers. Rather, they are sophisticated decision-makers capable of navigating the changes threatening to disrupt their lives over multiple generations. Vu's research pays particular attention to those farmers whose families have suffered from direct and indirect exposure to the toxic herbicides popularly known as Agent Orange. She demonstrates that their priority has tended to be the protection of their existing assets, rather than pursuing the promise of new riches, and that this tendency has helped them maintain stability in a turbulent economic environment. A fascinating study for scholars of Vietnamese anthropology and society, that will also be of interest to sociologists and economists with a broader interest in the impact of economic change on rural lifestyles"--
Note:
Introduction : Agent Orange, Rural Development, and Enduring Farmers -- Changing Vietnam and Farmers -- Development, Agriculture, and Farmers -- Agent Orange and Vietnamese Farmers : A Distant Legacy -- Farmers in Post-Doi Moi Vietnam -- Health and Elusive Risks -- Health and the Farmers : Whose Responsibility Counts? -- Farmers' Logic : Loss Aversion -- Seed for Action, Seed for Change.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Vu, Le Thao Chi. Agent Orange and rural development in post-war Vietnam. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9780367898458
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003021377
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003021377
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