Hot Type: Obama's Mother's Dissertation Gets Star Treatment From Duke U. Press

Source: chronicle.com Posted By: A. Owen..5508 days ago

The scholarly book getting the most buzz at the American Anthropological Association's annual conference next week is likely to be a doctoral dissertation published 15 years after its author's death. Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia is by S. Ann Dunham, the mother of President Obama, a connection noted on the book's front cover. The publisher, Duke University Press, will unveil the book on December 3 at the conference, to be followed by a special session devoted to Dunham....

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