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Slavery - Couverture souple

Turley, Turley

 
9780631167310: Slavery
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0631167315 ISBN 13 : 9780631167310
Editeur : John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

This book is a cross-cultural examination of slavery. It draws material from the many regions, and widely separated historical periods, in which slavery has existed - ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, the Muslim societies of the Middle East and Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. With such a wide geographic and chronological scope, Slavery will provoke historians and sociologists to make new connections and see old problems in a fresh light.

Turley analyses three key themes in the history of slavery: the social and economic importance of slavery within societies, the experience of slavery by both the slaves and those who control them, and the means by which slavery was reproduced and maintained in different societies. Employing this thematic approach, Turley acknowledges the historical diversity of slavery and develops two models of slave societies - those in which slavery was primarily a domestic institution (societies with slaves) and in those in which it was the mode of production on which the dominant group depended for its position (slave societies).

The book also explains how slavery was maintained by discussing the role of race, ethnicity and religious differences in the functioning of slave systems. Turley completes this wide-ranging analysis of slavery by examining emancipation, showing that both the early modern expansion of slavery and its ending were paradoxically connected to different phases of European imperialism.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr. David Turley teaches in the School of History and is Director of the Centre for American
Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury. His previous books include The Culture of English Anti-Slavery, 1780-1860 (1991) and American Religion (1998).

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Éditeur
John Wiley & Sons
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0631167315
ISBN 13 
9780631167310
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
188
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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