Vietnam's Children in a Changing World

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Acknowledgments i Vietnam’s Children in a Changing World ii Acknowledgments The Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies Edited by Myra Bluebond-Langner Advisory Board Joan Jacobs Brumberg Perri Klass Jill Korbin Bambi Schiefflin Enid Schildkraut Acknowledgments iii Vietnam’s Children in a Changing World Rachel Burr Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London iv Acknowledgments Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burr, Rachel. Vietnam’s children in a changing world / by Rachel Burr. p. cm. — (The Rutgers series in childhood studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3795-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3796-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Children—Vietnam—Social conditions. 2. Street children—Vietnam. 3. Children’s rights—Vietnam. 4. Child labor—Vietnam. 5. Child welfare— Vietnam. 6. Humanitarian assistance—Vietnam. 7. North and south. I. Title. II. Series. HQ792.V5B87 2006 362.7’09597—dc22 2005023052 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2006 by Rachel Burr All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Manufactured in the United States of America Acknowledgments v To Mum and Dad, with much gratitude and love And in memory of Father Charlie Robak, who was a great friend and inspiration vi Acknowledgments ...