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RECORD NUMBER: 92 OF 97Main Title | Unbowed : a memoir / | |||||||||||
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Author | Maathai, Wangari, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2007 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 148836512 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780307275202; 0307275205 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Tree planters (Persons)--Kenya--Biography ; Women conservationists--Kenya--Biography ; Women politicians--Kenya--Biography ; Biographies ; Conditions conomiques ; Conditions sociales ; Mouvements sociaux ; Politiciens ; Women conservationists--Biography ; Women conservationists--Biography--sears ; Women politicians--Kenya--Biography--sears | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Maathai, Wangari ; Maathai, Wangari--sears ; Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) ; Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)--sears | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st Anchor Books ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xvii, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | "With a new afterword"--Page 4 of cover. "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2006"--Title page verso. Includes index. |
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Contents Notes | The recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize describes her life as a feminist, political activist, and environmentalist in Kenya, detailing the 1977 establishment of the Green Belt Movement and her role in the transformation of Kenya's government. Beginnings -- Cultivation -- Education and the state of emergency -- American dream -- Independence: Kenya's and my own -- Foresters without diplomas -- Difficult years -- Seeds of change -- Fighting for freedom -- Freedom turns a corner -- Aluta continua: the struggle continues -- Opening the gates of politics -- Rise up and walk -- Canopy of hope -- Afterword to the Anchor Books edition -- Appendix. Konyeki na ithe, or "Konyeki and his father". |