{"product_id":"luxury-and-rubble-9780520292512","title":"Luxury and Rubble","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the tale of two cities in Ho Chi Minh City. This book portrays the human costs of urban reorganization as the author explores the complex and sometimes contradictory experiences of individuals grappling with the forces of privatization in a socialist country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Erik Harms's Luxury and Rubble is a work of fine-grained thick description that patiently walks readers through the rapid economic, cultural, and socio-spatial shifts that remade Ho Chi Minh City... superb, even-handed.\" Cross-Currents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   Introduction: Luxury and Rubble   Part I. Luxury  1. Civilizing the Wastelands: A Short History of Urban Development in Phu M? Hung  2. Civilization City  3. Exercising Consciousness: Self and Society in a Privatizing Space of Exclusion   Part II. Rubble  4. Th? Thiem Futures Past: A Short History of Seeing without Seeing  5. Building a Civilized, Modern, and Sentimental City  6. From the Rubble   Conclusion: Civility and Dispossession  Acknowledgments  Notes  Bibliography  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402889109847,"sku":"9780520292512","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520292512.jpg?v=1730481782","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/luxury-and-rubble-9780520292512","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}