Obama’s late mother to be published

ABC’s Jake Tapper shares some interesting news via his most recent tweet:

jaketapperPOTUS’s late mother to become published author — http://tinyurl.com/cjpmje

The link goes to Tapper’s blog, where he reveals that Duke University Press will publish Ann Dunham’s anthropology dissertation, which she completed in 1982:

The 368-page book is based on Dunham’s 14 years of research into the metalworking industries of the Javanese village of Kajar, exploring how Kajar’s industry offers a viable economic alternative in an area of rural Southeast Asia normally dependent upon rice. “Surviving against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia” will sell for $27.95, and will be revised and edited by two anthropologists: Dunham’s graduate adviser, Alice G. Dewey, and one of Dunham’s fellow graduate students, Nancy I. Cooper.