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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: why remember the rescuers in Latin America? / Marcia Esparza and Zachary McKiernan -- Rescued from fear: the Sebastian Acevedo movement against torture in Chile / Christopher Ney -- Bending the rules: an ambassador's quest to save lives / Pascale Bonnefoy -- The Santo Tomás chichicastenango's municipal firefighters : "Green pines covering the dead bodies" / Marcia Esparza, Stephanie Alfaro and Kristy Sanandres -- Strategic rescue responses to genocide : the Guatemalan case / Roddy Brett -- Between memory and oblivion : the cases of Eureka and Afadem / Isabel de León Olivares, Maribel Rivas-Vasconcelos and Miriam Rodriguez -- From rescue to solidarity : (re) humanizing relationships for social transformation / Jenny Escobar and Angie Tamayo -- Argentine rescuers : a study on the "banality of good" / Jessica Casiro -- Conclusion: on the moral value of rescue and remembering rescuers : conceptualizing rescue in the Latin American context / Jeffrey Blustein -- About the contributors and editors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human rights workers -- Latin America.
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Human rights workers. |
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Latin America. |
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Human rights -- Latin America.
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Human rights. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Added Author |
Esparza, Marcia, editor.
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De Ycaza, Carla, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Remembering the rescuers of victims of human rights crimes in Latin America Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498533263 (DLC) 2016044357 |
| ISBN |
9781498533270 (Electronic) |
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1498533272 |
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9781498533263 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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1498533264 |
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