I ask for justice : Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 /

I ask for justice : Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 /

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Author / Creator:Carey, David, Jr., 1967- author.
Imprint:Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. thirty-three
Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 33.
Subject:
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
Maya women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
Maya women -- Crimes against -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
Maya women -- Guatemala -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Maya women -- Social conditions.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Guatemala.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13561767
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ISBN:9780292748699
0292748698
9780292748682
029274868X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: Carey, David, Jr., 1967- I ask for justice. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013 9780292748682
Govt.docs classification:Z UA380.8 C188ia

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