| Main Title |
Unbowed : a memoir / |
| 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
|
| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKBM |
SB63.M22A3 2007 |
|
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
04/18/2008 |
|
| 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. |
| 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". |
| Place Published |
New York : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2007. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20080414155844 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01944cam 2200457Ka 45020 |
