Now
Available
Surviving Against the Odds
Village Industry in Indonesia
S. Ann Dunham
An anthropological study by the mother of President Barack
Obama
S. Ann Dunham in Bali in the early 1990s.
Photo courtesy of Bron Solyom
Duke University Press has just published Surviving against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia, by S. Ann Dunham. The book is based upon the dissertation Dunham completed at the University of Hawaii in 1992.
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View additional coverage about the book:
C-Span's coverage of the special session at the American Anthropological Association
Asia Times online
All Things Considered (NPR), 5 Dec 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The London Times on-line
The Independent (UK)
The Daily Telegraph (UK)
Long-time
Duke University Press author and friend Masao Miyoshi
died October 1, 2009 after a long illness. Long an important part of Duke's
publishing program, Miyoshi was editor of our Asia/Pacific
book series, a member of the boundary
2 editorial board, and author or editor of many books: Postmodernism
and Japan (1989), Japan
in the World (1993), The
Cultures of Globalization (1998), and Learning
Places (2002). We are proud to publish Miyoshi's final book,
Trespasses,
a collection of his essays (available March 2010).
Photograph
by David Shankbone
AFTER
EVE
a lecture & roundtable
in honor of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Thursday,
February 25, 2010
5:00 - 9:00 PM
Richard White Auditorium & East Duke Parlors
Duke University
Presented by the Franklin Humanities Institute, program in the study of sexualities, Program in Women's Studies, Department of English and Program in Literature
Click here for a list of participants.
Duke University
Press pays tribute
to our author and friend Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.
Our Spring 2010 catalog is now available online.
New Developments in our Journals Program
Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art
Duke University Press is pleased to announce the addition of a new journal, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art.
American Literature announces call for papers
Download the instructions for the call for papers here.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law special issue examines single-payer health care systems
"Exploring
the Concept of Single Payer" offers an
in-depth look at single-payer health care systems to give insight into
one of the most contentious issues in U.S. health care reform. For information
about free access to the introduction and an article featured in the issue,
please download the press
release.
The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle Granted 2009 NEH Award
Duke University Press is proud to announce that The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle has been granted a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) award for $200,000. For more information, please download the full press release.
2010 Pricing for The e-Duke Scholarly Collections
Duke University Press announces 2010 pricing, with no increase for the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection. For more information, please download the full press release or visit the Library Resource Center.
Duke University Press offers new options for the e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection, as part of its release of 2010 pricing. For more information, please download the full press release or visit the Library Resource Center.
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