Slavery
Editorial BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS LTD.
España peninsular
- Editorial BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS LTD.
- ISBN13 9780631167310
- ISBN10 0631167315
- Tipo LIBRO
- Encuadernación Rústica
Materias
Historia Social/culturalSlavery
Editorial BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS LTD.
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
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 slaves and those who control them, and the means by which slavery was reproduced and maintained in different 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.