Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies) Paperback – May 2, 2013

Do you think that money is just a useful tool for making economic exchanges? Think again. The anthropology of money shows that we have all kinds of weird and wonderful uses for money around the world. In this accessible ethnography, Truitt discusses how people in Vietnam incorporate money into their everyday lives, for both economic and social purposes. Multiple currencies and fake money used in rituals complicate the picture, but Truitt untangles the story beautifully. Wonderful reading for anyone interested in economics, travel, or both.