Description |
xxiii, 374 p., [29] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
Note |
"A John Hope Franklin Center Book." |
Thesis |
Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral), University of Hawaii, 1992. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-360) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- The socioeconomic organization of metalworking industries -- Kajar, a blacksmithing village in Yogyakarta -- Relevant macrodata -- Government interventions -- Conclusions and development implications. |
Summary |
"President Barack Obama's mother, S. Ann Dunham, was an economic anthropologist and rural development consultant who worked in several countries including Indonesia... Surviving Against the Odds centers on the metalworking industries in the Javanese village of Kajar." -- dust jacket. |
Subject |
Rural industries -- Indonesia.
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Blacksmithing -- Indonesia.
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Metal-work -- Indonesia.
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Indonesia -- Rural conditions.
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Added Author |
Dewey, Alice G.
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Cooper, Nancy I.
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ISBN |
9780822346876 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0822346877 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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