Saigon’s EdgeMuch of the worlds population inhabits the urban fringe, an area that is neither fully rural nor urban. Hc Mn, a district that lies along a key transport corridor on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, epitomizes one of those places. In Saigons Edge, Erik Harms explores life in Hc Mn, putting forth a revealing perspective on how rapid urbanization impacts the people who live at the intersection of rural and urban worlds. Unlike the idealized Vietnamese