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Author Konefal, Betsy, 1967-

Title For every indio who falls : a history of Maya activism in Guatemala, 1960-1990 / Betsy Konefal
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Introduction -- "Two bloods!": defining race and nation -- Mayas mobilized -- Envisioning the Pueblo -- Reinas Indígenas and the authentic Maya -- Radicalizing violence -- "Pueblo against Pueblo" -- May all rise up?
Summary By following Indigenous organizing experiences at multiple levels--local, regional, national, and international--this book explores how some Mayas became involved in political activism and opposition to a repressive state
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mayas -- Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Government relations
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
Mayas -- Government relations
Mayas -- Politics and government
SUBJECT Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005588
Subject Guatemala
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009049906
ISBN 9780826348661
0826348661
1283636638
9781283636636
6613949094
9786613949097