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Miller, Joseph C.

 
9780300113150: The Problem of Slavery As History: A Global Approach
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300113153 ISBN 13 : 9780300113150
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Why did slavery - an accepted evil for thousands of years - suddenly become regarded during the eighteenth century as an abomination so compelling that Western governments took up the cause of abolition in ways that transformed the modern world? Joseph C. Miller turns this classic question on its head by rethinking the very nature of slavery, arguing that it must be viewed generally as a process rather than as an institution. Tracing the global history of slaving over thousands of years, Miller reveals the shortcomings of Western narratives that define slavery by the same structures and power relations regardless of places and times, concluding instead that slaving is a process which can be understood fully only as imbedded in changing circumstances.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joseph C. Miller is T. Cary Johnson Jr. Professor in the Department of History at the University of Virginia and a pre-eminent historian of world slavery. He lives in Charlottesville, VA.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300113153
ISBN 13 
9780300113150
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
240
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