| Who Is Rigoberta Mench Contributor(s): Grandin, Greg (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844674525 ISBN-13: 9781844674527 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Central America - History | Historiography |
| Dewey: 972.810 |
| LCCN: 2011281696 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.79 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1984, Nobel Peace Prize winner & indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu published her autobiographical account of life in Guatemala under a military dictatorship to great acclaim. Here, Greg Grandin investigates the historical context and political realities that underlie Menchu's past and the ongoing debate surrounding it. GREG GRANDIN is the author of Empire's Workshop, The Last Colonial Massacre, and the award-winning The Blood of Guatemala. A professor of history at New York University and a Guggenheim fellow. |