Saigon’s Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City

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Saigon’s Edge This page intentionally left blank Saigon’s Edge On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City Erik Harms University of Minnesota Press | Minneapolis | London The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges financial assistance provided for the publication of this book by the Association for Asian Studies First Book Subvention Program. Photographs in the book were taken by the author. Copyright 2011 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harms, Erik. Saigon’s edge : on the margins of Ho Chi Minh city / Erik Harms. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-5605-9 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8166-5606-6 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Urbanization—Vietnam—Ho Chi Minh City. 2. Urban anthropology— Vietnam—Ho Chi Minh City. 3. City and town life—Vietnam—Ho Chi Minh City. 4. Sociology, Urban—Vietnam—Ho Chi Minh City. I. Title. HT384.V52H634 2010 307.7609597'7—dc22 2010044695 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Isabella, to Mom, and to Dad and Chris, two triangle men in a land of squares This page intentionally left blank ...