Routledge Vietnam's Rural Transformation

Product Description Since the mid-1980s, Vietnam has experienced remarkable economic, political, and social change. This is the first study in English to focus on rural Vietnam?where nearly 80 percent of Vietnam's people live, much of its economic production occurs, and political upheavals earlier this century changed the course of history.Analyzing the impact of econ About the Author Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet emphasizes agrarian studies in Vietnam and the Philippines and is in the Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Doug J. Porter is a researcher in the Department of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. He is an adviser to various non-governmental organizations and development agencies working with marginal rural peoples in Indo-China and the Philippines.