| Questioning Slavery Contributor(s): Walvin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415153573 ISBN-13: 9780415153577 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: James Walvin plots the story of black slavery and traces the intellectual and historical arguments which have swirled around its history in recent years. This comparative analysis of slavery in the English-speaking Americas offers new perspectives and a wide-ranging thematic organization which covers the racial, social, economic, political, cultural, gender and colonial dimensions of this complex subject. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 96014794 |
| Lexile Measure: 1320 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the best part of three centuries the material well-being of the western world was dependent on slavery. Yet these systems were mainly brought to a very rapid end. This text surveys the key questions of slavery, and traces the arguments which have swirled around its history in recent years. The latest findings on slavery are presented, and a comparative analysis of slavery in the English-speaking Americas is offered. |