Market Frictions: Trade and Urbanization at the Vietnam-China Border

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Development economics & emergi

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Berghahn books

Market Frictions: Trade and Urbanization at the Vietnam-China Border : Berghahn Books : 9781789202441 : 1789202442 : 06 Jun 2019 : "Based on ethnographic research conducted during several years, Market Frictions examines the tensions and frictions that emerge from the interaction of global market forces, urban planning policies, and small-scale trading activities in the Vietnamese border city of Láao Cai. Here, it is revealed how small-scale traders and market vendors experience the marketplace, reflect upon their trading activities, and negotiate current state policies and regulations. It shows how "traditional" Vietnamese marketplaces have continually been reshaped and adapted to meet the changing political-economic circumstances and civilizational ideals of the time"--

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