| A Historical Guide to World Slavery Contributor(s): Drescher (Author), Drescher, Seymour (Editor), Engerman, Stanley L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195120914 ISBN-13: 9780195120912 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $163.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1998 Annotation: Eminent scholars provide an overview of what we now know about slavery as an institution and way of life in cultures around the globe from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on the virtual explosion of empirical research and theoretical discussion on the subject over the past thirty years, many of the articles overturn conventional wisdom and illuminate little-known aspects of the subject, with essays on topics such as concubinage, eunuchs, and occupational mobility. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 97047659 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 7.26" W x 10.42" (2.23 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eminent scholars provide an overview of what we now know about slavery as an institution and way of life in cultures around the globe from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on the virtual explosion of empirical research and theoretical discussion on the subject over the past thirty years, many of the articles overturn conventional wisdom and illuminate little-known aspects of the subject, with essays on topics such as concubinage, eunuchs, and occupational mobility. |