It's a Living: work and life in Vietnam today - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9971696983 ISBN 13 : 9789971696986

Editeur : NUS Press, 2013

Synopsis

Through 67 interviews and 59 photographs, It's a Living reveals the energy and struggle of the world of work in Vietnam today. A goldfish peddler installing aquariums, a business school graduate selling shoes on the sidewalk, a college student running an extensive multi-level sales network, and a promotion girl intent on moving into management are just a few of the people profiled.

Based on frank and freewheeling interviews conducted by students, the book engages a broad range of Vietnamese, both living in Vietnam and abroad, on their feelings about work, life and getting ahead. By providing a ground-level view of the texture of daily working life in the midst of rapid and unsettling change, the book reveals Vietnam today as a place where ordinary people are leveraging whatever assets they have, not just to survive, but to make a better life for themselves.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gerard Sasges is Assistant Professor at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NUS Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9971696983
• ISBN 13: 9789971696986
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
• Éditeur: Sasges Gerard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible