Land Politics and Livelihoods on the Margins of Hanoi, 1920-2010

Land Politics and Livelihoods on the Margins of Hanoi, 1920-2010
ISBN-10
077482669X
ISBN-13
9780774826693
Category
History
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
2014
Publisher
UBC Press
Author
Danielle Labbé

Description

In the late 1990s, planning authorities in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi pushed the imaginary line between city and country several kilometres westward, engulfing dozens of rural settlements. This book explores how one such village, Hoa Muc, rapidly transitioned into an urban neighbourhood, and the state regulations and early urban changes that drove this transformation. The compelling story of this single village is both a portrait of a population that has endured despite drastic upheavals and a new analytical window into Vietnam's ongoing urban transition.

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