Slavery As an Industrial System - Ethnological Researches

Klappentext Published in 1900, this ethnographical study of primitive slavery examines worldwide examples to find economic theories for slave ownership. Zusammenfassung This important systematic analysis of slavery in primitive societies from an ethnographical and economic viewpoint by Dutch scholar Herman Nieboer (1873–1920) was first published in 1900. By analysing evidence from around the world he demonstrates that the presence or absence of slavery can be closely linked to economic conditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis General introduction; Part I. Descriptive: 1. Definition and distinction from kindred phenomena; 2. Geographical distribution of slavery; Part II. Theoretical: 1. Method and divisions; 2. Hunters and fishers; 3. Pastoral tribes; 4. Agricultural tribes; 5. Conclusion; List of authorities; Subject index.

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• Authors: H. J. Nieboer, Herman Jeremias Nieboer, Nieboer Herman Jeremias
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108025003
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02500-3
• No. of pages: 508
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery