1st Edition

The Vietnamese Family in Change The Case of the Red River Delta

By Pham Van Bich Copyright 1999
270 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

Like most societies Vietnam has seen marked changes in family structures and dynamics this century. For Vietnam however these changes have been especially radical. After decades of French acculturation the 1940s brought sweeping economic changes and a move away from collectivism. Perhaps because of Vietnam’s long isolation from the late 1970s into the early 1990s, very little has been written on... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Traditionul Family; Chapter 2 Social Changes Affecting the Family, 1945–95; Chapter 3 The Husband-Wife Relationship; Chapter 4 Reproduction and Its Socio-cultural Meanings; Conclusions;

Biography

Pham Van Bich completed hid doctoral dissertation at Gothenburg University, and is presently working in Hanoi.