"Recommended."
(Choice) "A powerful ethnography of economics that reaches deep into local and regional economies and histories, tracing the pathways of key products made and traded."
- Magnus Fiskesjo (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) "[This] important contribution . . . provides new insights into borderlands and everyday politics of ethnic minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif."
- Alexander Horstmann (SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia) "Provides a vivid description of a myriad of activities in the everyday lives of Hmong on the fringes as they make their living in the sectors of agriculture, livestock transactions, locally distilled alcohol, cardamom, and the textile trade."
- Nguyen Thi Le (Southeast Asian Studies) "Written in an extremely clear and engaging style, this book has a lot to offer to all those interested in borderlands studies and in the lives of those who inhabit the Southeast Asian Massif."
- Stéphane Gros (New Books Asia)
