Over the past half-century, El Salvador has transformed dramatically. Historically reliant on primary exports like coffee and cotton, the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income now coming from a massive emigrant workforce that earns m…
"Over the past half-century, El Salvador has transformed dramatically. Historically reliant on primary exports like coffee and cotton, the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income now coming from a massive emigrant workforce-over a quar…
"Over the past half-century, El Salvador has transformed dramatically. Historically reliant on primary exports like coffee and cotton, the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income now coming from a massive emigrant workforce--over a qua…
"This book examines the sociocultural dynamics of migration and remittance flows between Vietnam and the United States since 1975"--
Introduction: money, gifts, and flows -- The dangerous gift -- Saigon, overlaid by Ho Chi Minh : capitalist desires and deferrals -- Coastal flows & hypothetical horizons -- The beautiful, tired country -- Crossing the bridge home -- Conclusion : not yet enough : mobility and it…
In Vietnam, international remittances from the Vietnamese diaspora are quantitatively significant and contribute important economic inputs. Yet beyond capital transfer, these diasporic remittance economies offer insight into an unfolding transformation of Vietnamese society thro…
"This book examines the sociocultural dynamics of migration and remittance flows between Vietnam and the United States since 1975"--
Introduction -- The history of migration-development -- The political economy of uneven development and in Sri Lanka -- In search of the "good life": uneven development and forced migration -- The cost of being exploited: fees, debts and the merchants of labour -- Manufacturing …
