Xuxub Must Die The Lost Histories of a Murder on the Yucatan
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Sprache:Englisch
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.07.2006
Verlag
University Of Pittsburgh PressSeitenzahl
272
Maße (L/B/H)
22.8/14.8/1.8 cm
Gewicht
422 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8229-5944-1
Today, foreigners travel to the Yucatan for ruins, temples, and pyramids, white sand beaches and clear blue water. One hundred years ago, they went for cheap labor, an abundance of land, and the opportunity to make a fortune exporting cattle, henequen fiber, sugarcane, or rum. Sometimes they found death.
In 1875 an American plantation manager named Robert Stephens and a number of his workers were murdered by a band of Maya rebels. To this day, no one knows why. Was it the result of feuding between aristocratic families for greater power and wealth? Was it the foreseeable consequence of years of oppression and abuse of Maya plantation workers? Was a rebel leader seeking money and fame--or perhaps retribution for the loss of the woman he loved?>Sullivan masterfully weaves the intricately tangled threads of this story into a fascinating account of human accomplishments and failings, in which good and evil are never quite what they seem at first, and truth proves to be elusive. Xuxub Must Die seeks not only to fathom a mystery, but also to explore the nature of guilt, blame, and understanding.
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