Stoll, David, 1952-

Rigoberta Menchú and the story of all poor Guatemalans / David Stoll. - Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, 1999. - xix, 336 p : ill. maps; 24cm.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 311- 321) and index

Vicent Menchú and his village: Uspantan as an agricultural frontier-- The struggle for chimel-- Popular revolutionary war: Revolutionary justice comes to Uspantán-- The death of Petrocinio-- The massacre at the Spanish Embassy-- Vicente Menchú and the committee for campesino unity-- Vicente Menchú and the guerrilla army of the poor-- The death of Juana Tum and the destruction of Chimel-- The death squads in Uspantán-- Vicente's daughter and the reinvention of Chimel: Where was Rigoberta?-- Rigoberta Joins the revolutionary movement-- The construction of I, Rigoberta Menchú-- Rigoberta's Secret-- The laureate goes home: The campaign for the Nobel-- The Lonely life of a Nobel Laureate-- Rigoberta and redemption-- The New Chimel-- Rigoberta leaves the guerrilla movement-- Epitaph for an eyewitness acocount.

0813335744 (hc: alk. paper) 9780813335742 (hc: alk. paper) 0813336945 (pbk). 9780813336943 (pbk).

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Menchú Rigoberta.


Quiché Women--Biography
Human rights workes--Guatemala--Biography
Mayas--Civil rights.
Mayas--Government relations.
Mujeres Quiché--Biografía
Mayas--Derechos Civiles


Guatemala--Ethnic relations.
Guatemala--Politics and government.
Trabajadores de Derechos Humanos--Guatemala--Biografía
Guatemala--Política y gobierno
Guatemala--Relaciones Etnicas

B F 1465.2 / M536S 1999

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