I Ask for Justice: Maya Women, Dictators, and Crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944

Author/Contributor(s):	Carey, David
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	10/01/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.