In this Book
- Upland Transformations in Vietnam
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: NUS Press Pte Ltd
summary
Upland Transformations in Vietnam considers the effects of economic development, authority formation and landscape change on the country's "uplands". By positioning the uplands as an integral part of political, economic and cultural processes at the national and international levels, the book shatters stereotypes of upland regions as a separate ethnic and biophysical realm, and calls into question the assumptions that have informed research on upland areas and post-socialist transitions, and government policy for these regions. Movements from customary to state authority or from a subsistence to a commoditized economy are neither automatic nor uniform. The case studies in this book show that events in Vietnam's uplands mirror the country's cultures, organization, landscapes and larger political economy. Negotiations over authority and economy in the uplands recursively contribute to larger processes constituting the Vietnamese state and generating social inequalities. The Vietnamese experience thus provides valuable lessons applicable to research on upland regions and post-socialist transformations in other parts of the world. The book features work by young Vietnamese and foreign scholars deeply engaged with research on upland livelihoods and ecosystems in Vietnam. These emerging experts present cutty-edge analyses of negotiations over land, forest politics, trade relations, tourism, migration, social differentiation and cultural imaginaries based on research conducted in all major upland regions of Vietnam, including the Northern Mountains, the Truong Son Mountains and the Central Highlands.
Table of Contents
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- List of Figures
- p. vii
- List of Tables
- p. viii
- Introduction: Opening Boundaries
- pp. 1-24
- Historical Constitution of the Uplands
- Authority and the State
- Production and Exchange
- Postscript: Towards a Conjunctural Analysis
- pp. 259-261
- Bibliography
- pp. 262-291
- Contributors
- pp. 292-294
Additional Information
ISBN
9789971696139
Related ISBN(s)
9789971695149
MARC Record
OCLC
794700731
Pages
312
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No