Xuxub Must Die: The Lost Histories of a Murder on the Yucatan

by Paul Sullivan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822959445
• ISBN13: 9780822959441
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.0"