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- I Ask for Justice: Maya Women, Dictators, and Crime in Guatemala, 1898–1944
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- 2013
- Published by: University of Texas Press
- Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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summary
This study of the Guatemalan legal system during the regimes of two of Latin America’s most repressive dictators reveals the surprising extent to which Maya women used the courts to air their grievances and defend their human rights.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-7
- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables
- pp. ix-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxiii-xxv
- Conclusion. Emboldened and Constrained
- pp. 225-239
- Appendices
- pp. 240-262
- Bibliography
- pp. 299-326
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292748699
Related ISBN(s)
9780292748682
MARC Record
OCLC
867739838
Pages
363
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-21
Language
English
Open Access
No
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