Unfinished Conversations Book Reviews
Unfinished Conversations by Paul Sullivan Book Summary
A century ago, European and North American archaeologists first came upon the extraordinary ruins of Chichen Itza and Tulum—and started to converse with the Mayas who inhabited the forests of the Yucatan. In this thought-provoking history of a century-long "unfinished conversation" between the indigenous Indians and the white intruders, paul Sullivan shows how each party to the dialogue shaped the cross-cultural encounters to their own ends.
North American anthropologists preferred to see the Mayas as a primitive people and studied them, they claimed, with scientific neutrality. Yet the anthropologists hid their real intentions and lied to the Mayas, pretending to be chicle dealers or explorers, and they also (in certain important cases) worked for the United States government as covert intelligence agents. Similarly, the Mayas had their own hidden agendas—wanting guns and money from the Americans to fight the central Mexican government—and consequently charged the Americans for the tribal lore and religious secrets they imparted.
Sullivan asks us to view the history of Western-Maya dialogue as a Maya would—setting the prophecies of his ancestors, the advice of his grandparents, and the events of last week in a long continuum that extends way into the future and can foretell the end of the world. By taking this view, once can see how this particular Central American people has constituted a new life, a new past, and a new future out of the ruins of great suffering and defeat.
This surprising, moving, and intellectually stimulating book will remind us how even actions initiated with the best intentions can be perverted when tested by the realities of political violence, acute dependency, mutual ignorance, and fear.
Book Name | Unfinished Conversations |
Genre | Anthropology |
Author | Paul Sullivan |
Published | 09 December 1989, Saturday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 10.1 MB |
Unfinished Conversations (Paul Sullivan) Book Reviews 2024
We transfer money over €4 billion every month. We enable individual and business accounts to save 4 million Euros on bank transfer fees. Want to send free money abroad or transfer money abroad for free? Free international money transfer!
Did you know that you can earn 25 USD from our site just by registering? Get $25 for free by joining Payoneer!
Download Link | Book Format |
unfinished-conversations-ebook.pdf | |
unfinished-conversations-ebook.epub | EPUB |
unfinished-conversations-ebook.kindle | KINDLE |
Unfinished Conversations E-book (PDF, PUB, KINDLE) Download
Unfinished Conversations ebook unfinished-conversations (10.1 MB) download new links will be update!
Unfinished Conversations Similar Books
Book Name | Score | Reviews | Price |
Humankind | 4.5/5 | 101 | $11.99 |
Atlantic | 3.5/5 | 133 | $14.99 |
Waterlily | 4.5/5 | 8 | $9.99 |
Ideas | 4/5 | 16 | $16.99 |
Fire Weather | 4.5/5 | 14 | $14.99 |
Enhance sleep, vision, cognition, flexibility, energy, long-range health and more. Performance Lab CORE Formulas support all aspects of human performance, across all walks of life. Boosts work performance and productivity with nootropics for focus, multitasking under stress, creative problem-solving and more.
Book Name | Score | Reviews | Price |
Phacoemulsification Surgery | 0/5 | 0 | Free |
Xuxub Must Die | 0/5 | 0 | $14.99 |
Vitreoretinal Surgery | 0/5 | 0 | Free |
All That Glitters | 0/5 | 0 | $9.99 |
Waking Up In Iceland | 0/5 | 0 | $15.99 |
Summary of Unfinished Conversations by Paul Sullivan
The Unfinished Conversations book written by Paul Sullivan was published on 09 December 1989, Saturday in the Anthropology category. A total of 36 readers of the book gave the book 0 points out of 5.
Book Name | Author | Price |
Cultural Heritage in a Changing World | Karol Jan Borowiecki, Neil Forbes & Antonella Fresa | Free |
Design Ethnography | Francis Müller | Free |
Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes | Dwight F. Reynolds | Free |
Distant Companions | Karen Tranberg Hansen | Free |
Negotiating the Pandemic | Inayat Ali & Robbie Davis-Floyd | Free |
Coinbase is the world's most trusted place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Open an account today, and if you buy or sell $100 or more of crypto, you'll receive $10 worth of free Bitcoin!
Book Name | Author | Price |
Learning to Bow | Bruce Feiler | $12.99 |
The Hidden Injuries of Class | Richard Sennett & Jonathan Cobb | $9.99 |
Our Babies, Ourselves | Meredith Small | $13.99 |
Still Life with Bones | Alexa Hagerty | $13.99 |
Watching the English | Kate Fox | $12.99 |
Jasper is the generative AI platform for business that helps your team create content tailored for your brand 10X faster, wherever you work online.
Please wait! Unfinished Conversations book comments loading...
Paul Sullivan - Unfinished Conversations Discussions & Comments
Have you read this book yet? What do you think about Unfinished Conversations by Paul Sullivan book? Ask the bookpedia.co community a question about Unfinished Conversations!