| Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Davis, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333719662 ISBN-13: 9780333719664 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $151.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: This is a study that digs deeply into this "other" slavery, the bondage of Europeans by north-African Muslims that flourished during the same centuries as the heyday of the trans-Atlantic trade from sub-Saharan Africa to the Americas. Here are explored--perhaps for the first time--the actual extent of Barbary Coast slavery, the dynamic relationship between master and slave, and the effects of this slaving on Italy, one of the slave takers' primary targets and victims. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy - Religion | History - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 2002192454 |
| Series: Early Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.88" W x 8.78" (1.02 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a study that digs deeply into this 'other' slavery, the bondage of Europeans by North-African Muslims that flourished during the same centuries as the heyday of the trans-Atlantic trade from sub-Saharan Africa to the Americas. Here are explored the actual extent of Barbary Coast slavery, the dynamic relationship between master and slave, and the effects of this slaving on Italy, one of the slave takers' primary targets and victims. |