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082	1		_aLAS 972.65 SUL _2
100	1		_aSullivan, Paul
245	1	4	_aXuxub must die : _bthe lost histories of a murder on the Yucatan _c/ Paul Sullivan
260			_aPittsburgh, PA _b: University of Pittsburgh Press _c, c2004
300			_a260 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPromises of quiet -- A dangerous path -- Protection -- Between strength and weakness -- The will of god -- Hubris -- Unnatural cruelty -- Suitable measures -- Worldly satisfaction.
520			_aToday, 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? For whites, the events that took place at Xuxub, Stephens's plantation, are virtually unknown, even though they engendered a diplomatic and legal dispute that vexed Mexican-U.S. relations for over six decades. The construction of official histories allowed the very name of Xuxub to die, much as the plantation itself was subsumed by the jungle. For the Maya, however, what happened at Xuxub is more than a story they pass down through generation.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aCen, Bernardino _y-1875 or 1876
650		4	_aMayas _z-Mexico _z-Yucatán (State) _x-History
650		4	_aPeasant uprisings _z-Mexico _z-Yucatán (State)
650		4	_aPlantation workers _x-Crimes against _z-Mexico _z-Yucatán (State)
650		4	_aMurder _z-Mexico _z-Yucatán (State)
650		4	_aMayas _x-Wars _z-Mexico _z-Yucatán (State)
650		4	_aYucatán (Mexico : State) _x-History _y-19th century
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