Title: Surviving against the odds : village industry in Indonesia /
Authors: Dunham, S. Ann; Dewey, Alice G.; Cooper, Nancy I.
Publisher: Duke University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Rural industries Indonesia.; Blacksmithing Indonesia.; Metal-work Indonesia.; Indonesia Rural conditions.
Abstract: "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."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction -- The socioeconomic organization of metalworking industries -- Kajar, a blacksmithing village in Yogyakarta -- Relevant macrodata -- Government interventions -- Conclusions and development implications.