For better or for worse
Subtitle: Vietnamese international marriages in the new global economy
By: Hung Cam Thai.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780813542881; 9780813542898
Subjects: Marriage; Vietnamese diaspora [proposed]; Globalization -- Social aspects; United States -- Emigration and immigration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : marriage and migration in the new global economy; title: The gift of modernity; title: Convertibility; title: Globalization as a gender strategy; title: The matchmaker; title: Money; title: The two unmarriageables; title: The highly unmarriageables; title: Conclusion : for better or for worse.