Historical Guide to World Slavery

Klappentext Eminent scholars provide an overview of what we now know about slavery as an institution and way of life in cultures around the globe from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on the virtual explosion of empirical research and theoretical discussion on the subject over the past thirty years! many of the articles overturn conventional wisdom and illuminate little-known aspects of the subject! with essays on topics such as concubinage! eunuchs! and occupational mobility. Zusammenfassung Eminent scholars provide an overview of what we now know about slavery as an institution and way of life in cultures around the globe from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on the virtual explosion of empirical research and theoretical discussion of the subject over the past thirty years, many of the articles overturn conventional wisdom and illuminate little-known aspects of the subject, with essays on topics such as concubinage, eunuchs, occupational mobility.

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• Authors: Drescher, Seymour Engerman Drescher
• Assisted by: Seymour Drescher (Editor), Stanley L. Engerman (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1998
• EAN: 9780195120912
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512091-2
• No. of pages: 454
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Social and cultural history, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery