Allison J. Truitt is assistant professor of anthropology at Tulane University.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note on Place Names Introduction1. The Making of Vietnamese Money 2. Renovating Households 3. Dollars Are for Keeping 4. Summoning Spirits 5. The Qualities of Money 6. Dodging, or Street-Level Strategies for Personal Gain Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"This ethnographic account moves from the accounts of shopkeepers to locals managing their money to speculators in the growing market of real estate. In that regard, it demonstrates the flexible line between the legal and illegal, the economy and other value systems, and pre- and postsocialist life in Vietnam’s largest city. Recommended."

Allison J. Truitt is assistant professor of anthropology at Tulane University.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note on Place Names Introduction1. The Making of Vietnamese Money 2. Renovating Households 3. Dollars Are for Keeping 4. Summoning Spirits 5. The Qualities of Money 6. Dodging, or Street-Level Strategies for Personal Gain Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"This ethnographic account moves from the accounts of shopkeepers to locals managing their money to speculators in the growing market of real estate. In that regard, it demonstrates the flexible line between the legal and illegal, the economy and other value systems, and pre- and postsocialist life in Vietnam’s largest city. Recommended."

Allison J. Truitt is assistant professor of anthropology at Tulane University.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note on Place Names Introduction1. The Making of Vietnamese Money 2. Renovating Households 3. Dollars Are for Keeping 4. Summoning Spirits 5. The Qualities of Money 6. Dodging, or Street-Level Strategies for Personal Gain Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"This ethnographic account moves from the accounts of shopkeepers to locals managing their money to speculators in the growing market of real estate. In that regard, it demonstrates the flexible line between the legal and illegal, the economy and other value systems, and pre- and postsocialist life in Vietnam’s largest city. Recommended."