Remaking markets in the mountains: Integration, trader agency and resistance in upland northern Vietnam

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 321-342

  Bonnin, Christine ^a   Turner, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethnic minorities; market integration; marketplace trade; resistance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MARKET CONDITIONS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE; UPLAND REGION;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84901694780     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2014.905471     Document Type: Article

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