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Who is Rigoberta Menchú? / Greg Grandin.
Van Pelt Library F1465.2.Q5 G75 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grandin, Greg, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Menchú, Rigoberta. Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia.
- Menchú, Rigoberta.
- Indians of Central America--Guatemala.
- Indians of Central America.
- Ethnic relations.
- Guatemala.
- Guatemala--History--1945-1985.
- History.
- Guatemala--Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 159 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, 2011.
- Summary:
- Examines the work of Guatemala's truth commission and how it determined that genocide had occurred and also investigates accusations made against Rigoberta Menchú's book about Guatemala's military dictatorship that reported these abuses.
- Contents:
- Introduction : a victory described in detail
- Clarifying history : on the Guatemalan Truth Commission
- Judging genocide : the reasoning behind the Truth Commission's ruling.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781844674589
- 9781844674527
- 1844674525
- 1844674584
- OCLC:
- 601100826
- Publisher Number:
- 99966981213
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