Paper Cadavers - The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala

Kirsten Weld is Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University.

About the author

Kirsten Weld is Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University.

Summary

In 2005, human rights investigators stumbled on the archives of Guatemala's National Police. In Paper Cadavers, Kirsten Weld tells the story of the astonishing discovery and rescue of 75 million pages of evidence of state-sponsored crimes, and analyzes the repercussions for both the people and the state of Guatemala.

Product details

• Authors: Kirsten Weld
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2014
• EAN: 9780822355977
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5597-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries