essay

State stigma, family prestige, and the development of commerce in the Red River Delta of Vietnam

Market cultures : society and morality in the new Asian capitalismsBoulder, Colo.Published In 1998 • Pages: 268-289

By: Malarney, Shaun Kingsley.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the history of commerce in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It focuses on cultural factors that have supported or obstructed economic development, such as the stigmatization of commerce. The author discusses these cultural factors in their sociopolitical context, particularly as regards to the regressive economic policies promulgated by sucessive governments.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Ethos
Tillage
Real property
Production and supply
Retail marketing
Division of labor by gender
Occupational specialization
Internal trade
External trade
Individual enterprise
Cooperative organization
Status, role, and prestige
Accumulation of wealth
Gender status
Household
Chief executive
Government regulation
Political parties
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
March 1990 - August1992, December1993 - February 1994
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1835 - 1994
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
northern Vietnam
NotesAdditional notes
Shaun Kingsley Malarney
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-289)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
97036705
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnamese