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- It’s a Living: Work & Life in Vietnam Today
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: NUS Press Pte Ltd
summary
Through 67 interviews and 59 photographs, It’s a Living reveals the energy and struggle of the world of work in Vietnam today. A goldfish peddler installing aquariums, a business school graduate selling shoes on the sidewalk, a college student running an extensive multi-level sales network, and a promotion girl intent on moving into management are just a few of the people profiled. Based on frank and freewheeling interviews conducted by students, the book engages a broad range of Vietnamese on their feelings about work, life and getting ahead. By providing a ground-level view of the texture of daily working life in the midst of rapid and unsettling change, the book reveals Vietnam today as a place where ordinary people are leveraging whatever assets they have, not just to survive, but to make a better life for themselves, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 1-9
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Contributors
- pp. xxii-22
- Note to the Reader
- pp. xxiii-xxiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-13
- Chapter 1: Growing
- pp. 14-35
- Chapter 2: Feeding
- pp. 36-59
- Chapter 3: Building
- pp. 60-73
- Chapter 4: Moving
- pp. 74-101
- Chapter 5: Making
- pp. 102-129
- Chapter 6: Selling
- pp. 130-149
- Chapter 7: Managing
- pp. 150-173
- Chapter 8: Investing
- pp. 174-195
- Chapter 9: Protecting
- pp. 196-213
- Chapter 10: Repairing
- pp. 214-229
- Chapter 11: Cleaning
- pp. 230-243
- Chapter 12: Grooming
- pp. 244-257
- Chapter 13: Playing
- pp. 258-279
- Chapter 14: Teaching and Learning
- pp. 280-297
- Chapter 15: Caring
- pp. 298-314
Additional Information
ISBN
9789971697617
Related ISBN(s)
9789971696986
MARC Record
OCLC
865246055
Pages
340
Launched on MUSE
2013-11-15
Language
English
Open Access
No