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Hanoi's Ancient Quarter Traders: Resilient Livelihoods in a Rapidly Transforming City

Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, QC H3A 2K6, Canada, turner{at}geog.mcgill.ca

Within the rapidly transforming city of Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, lies the Ancient Quarter, home to a broad array of small entrepreneurs and traders since the 13th century. Utilising a longitudinal study approach, supported by a livelihoods framework, this paper investigates the impacts of both historical political and economic policies and current market economic reforms on Ancient Quarter trader livelihoods. Drawing on oral histories with elderly residents and interviews with current traders, it analyses the influence of French colonial rule and the First Indochina War, before turning to ascertain the consequences of the socialist period and the Second Indochina War. By doing so, the paper reveals the diverse livelihood strategies that traders have put in place to survive through these turbulent times.

Urban Studies, Vol. 46, No. 5-6, 1203-1221 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009103861


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