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The Routledge history of slavery / edited by Gad Heuman and Trevor Burnard.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge histories series.
- The Routledge histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--History.
- Slavery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- History of slavery
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Routledge History of Slavery is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery from ancient Greece to the present day. Taking stock of the field of Slave Studies, the book explores the major advances that have taken place in the past few decades of study in this crucial field. Offering an unusual, transnational history of slavery, the chapters have all been specially commissioned for the collection. The volume begins by delineating the global nature of the institution of slavery, examining slavery in different parts
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; Part 1 SLAVERY AS A GLOBAL INSTITUTION; 1 GREEK AND ROMAN SLAVERY; 2 SLAVERY IN AFRICA; 3 SLAVERY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD; 4 THE ORIGINS OF SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS, 1500-1700; 5 THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE; Part 2 THE CHARACTER OF SLAVERY; 6 WORK AND THE SLAVE ECONOMY; 7 THE DEMOGRAPHY OF SLAVERY; 8 GENDER AND FAMILY LIFE; 9 REMEMBERED PASTS: African Atlantic religions; 10 SLAVE CULTURE; 11 THE PLANTER CLASS; 12 RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY; 13 SLAVE REBELLIONS; 14 FREE COLOUREDS; 15 RACE RELATIONS IN SLAVE SOCIETIES
- Part 3 CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES16 SLAVERY IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION; 17 ABOLITION OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE; 18 FORGING FREEDOM; 19 EMANCIPATION DAY TRADITIONS IN THE ANGLO-ATLANTIC WORLD; 20 MODERN SLAVERY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-89253-2
- 1-136-71873-7
- 1-136-89254-0
- 1-283-04392-0
- 1-78034-878-9
- 9786613043924
- 0-203-84057-7
- 9780203840573
- OCLC:
- 701718497
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