Barack Obama in Hawai'i and Indonesia : the making of a global president / Dinesh Sharma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharma, Dinesh, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack--Childhood and youth.

Obama, Barack.

Obama, Barack--Psychology.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Psychology.

United States.

Hawaii.

Hawaii--Biography.

Indonesia--Biography.

Indonesia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 274 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2011]

Summary:

Sharma is identified as a cultural psychologist and marketing consultant who received his doctorate from Harvard and is affiliated with the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Research at St. Francis College, New York. In this account he concentrates on Obama's first 18 years--the years he spent in Indonesia and Hawaii--from his birth in 1961, to his departure for college. The account is well-researched, and the narrative is engaging. A section of b&w photos includes images of Obama as a youngster and of his teachers and family. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Prologue

Transformation of the American mind

Origin stories

Women who shaped Obama

Global schooling in Jakarta

A new spring in Hawaii

Hybrid identity on the mainland

Obama's mythic dreams

The Obama world

Epilogue: reimagining the American dream.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-262) and index.

ISBN:

9780313385339

0313385335

OCLC:

548555647