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  • Insufficient Funds

    The Culture of Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families

    by Hung Cam Thai ...
    Every year migrants across the globe send more than $500 billion to relatives in their home countries, and this circulation of money has important personal, cultural, and emotional implications for the immigrants and their family members alike. Insufficient Funds tells the story of how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their poor, non-migrant family members give, receive, and ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Insufficient Funds

    The Culture of Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families

    by Hung Cam Thai ...
    Every year migrants across the globe send more than $500 billion to relatives in their home countries, and this circulation of money has important personal, cultural, and emotional implications for the immigrants and their family members alike. Insufficient Funds tells the story of how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their poor, non-migrant family members give, receive, and ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Second Generation

    Ethnic Identity among Asian Americans

    by Pyong Gap Min, Yen Le Espiritu, Hung C. Thai, Sharmila Rudrappa, Bangele D. Alsaybar, Pyong Gap Min & Rose Kim, Nazli Kibria, Mia Tuan ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans
    In a series of essays based on original ethnographic research, Pyong Gap Min and his contributors examine the unique identity issues for second generation ethnic Asians, from Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and Vietnamese descent. They describe how societal expectations and structural barriers have a powerful influence on the formation of ethnic identities in a strongly racialized ... Read more

    $138.99 CAD

  • Flash Floods in Vietnam

    Causes, Impacts, and Solutions

    by Le Huy Ba, Thai Van Nam, Le Hung ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the threats and impacts of flash floods in Vietnam on environmental, human, and socio-economic resources, and covers monitoring, forecasting, warning, urgent action plans, and prevention solutions. While the work focuses on cases in Vietnam, it is applicable to many regions in the world that experience flash flooding as a common occurrence. Through data collection, field ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Design for Flooding

    Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design for Resilience to Climate Change

    by Donald Watson, Michele Adams ...
    “Design for Flooding contains considerable useful information for practitioners and students. Watson and Adams fill the void for new thinking…and they advance our ability to create more sustainable, regenerative, and resilient places.” —Landscape Architecture Magazine ... Read more

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  • Dangerous Earth

    What We Wish We Knew about Volcanoes, Hurricanes, Climate Change, Earthquakes, and More

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  • Weather

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    Series series A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
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  • Vietnam: A Natural History

    by Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh ...
    A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world’s biological diversity, including rare and unique organisms and an unusual mixture of tropical and temperate species. This book is the first comprehensive account of Vietnam’s natural history in English. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and thirty ... Read more

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  • The Dynamics of Disaster

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  • Natural Hazards in Australasia

    Edited by James Goff, C. R. de Freitas ...
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  • Hurricanes

    What You Need to Know

    by Rebecca Leaman ...
    In 1954 Hurricane Hazel caused such destruction around Lake Ontario that it's a vivid memory half a century later. In 2003 Hurricane Juan so devastated the Halifax, Nova Scotia, area that complete recovery will take decades. In the fall of 2005, Hurricane Katrina, immediately followed by Rita and Wilma, held North America and the world spellbound. In fact, 2005 was a record breaking year for ... Read more

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