Slavery, emancipation & freedom : comparative perspectives / Stanley L. Engerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engerman, Stanley L.

Series:

Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery.

Slavery--History.

History.

Liberty.

Physical Description:

x, 114 pages ; 20 cm.

Other Title:

Slavery, emancipation and freedom

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

It is beyond dispute that slavery has always been abhorrent and, wherever it still exists, should be abolished. Where most scholarly writing on slavery in the past has concentrated on examining slaves as victims, recent writings have taken a more nuanced view of slavery in focusing on the slaves themselves and their cultural and psychological accomplishments in captivity. Also, studies of the system's profitability have shown that, from an economic perspective, slavery worked for the slaveholders and their society. In Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom, the distinguished scholar Stanley Engerman succinctly synthesizes current scholarship and addresses questions that are critical to understanding the nature of slavery.

Contents:

Slavery in world perspective

Emancipation in world perspective

Postscript: Slavery and its continuities in the modern world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [93]-114).

ISBN:

9780807132364

0807132365

OCLC:

76925176