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Author Alvarado, Elvia.

Title Don't be afraid, gringo : a Honduran woman speaks from the heart : the story of Elvia Alvarado / translated and edited by Medea Benjamin.

Imprint New York : Harper & Row, 1989.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.4097283 Al86Ba 1989    ---  Available
Edition 1st Perennial library ed.
Description xxv, 169 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note "Originally published in 1987 by The Institute for Food and Development Policy"--Title page verso.
Contents Foreword / Elvia Alvarado -- Introduction / Medea Benjamin -- Childhood to motherhood -- The church opened our eyes -- The real Honduras is hidden -- Jesus was an organizer -- Marriage campesino style -- Taming macho ways -- I learned to judge for myself -- Our struggle to recover the land -- Organizing brings change -- We don't want to beg -- Gringos and Contras on our land -- What's Democracy? what's Communism? -- Facing repression and prison -- Turn your tears into strength.
Subject Rural development -- Honduras.
Honduras -- Rural conditions.
Rural poor -- Honduras -- Case studies.
Land reform -- Honduras.
Women in rural development -- Honduras -- Biography.
Alvarado, Elvia.
Alvarado, Elvia. (OCoLC)fst00204872
Land reform. (OCoLC)fst00991280
Rural conditions. (OCoLC)fst01101474
Rural development. (OCoLC)fst01101498
Rural poor. (OCoLC)fst01101743
Women in rural development. (OCoLC)fst01177966
Honduras. (OCoLC)fst01206188
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author Benjamin, Medea, 1952-
Institute for Food and Development Policy (Oakland, Calif.)
ISBN 006097205X
9780060972059

 
    
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