Serfdom and Slavery: Studies in Legal Bondage Contributor(s): Bush, M. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138835765 ISBN-13: 9781138835764 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - History | Social History |
Dewey: 306.362 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.6" (1.20 lbs) 368 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Serfdom and Slavery compares the two forms of legal servitude in cultures in Western civilization, in Europe and the New World from ancient times to the modern period. Within a tightly controlled framework of general contextual chapters followed by specific case studies, a distinguished team of scholars offers 17 specially written essays that illuminate the nature, development, impact and termination of serfdom and slavery in European society. While the case studies range form classical Greece to early modern Brandenburg, and from medieval England to nineteenth-century Russia, the volume as a whole is closely integrated. It makes an important contribution to a topic of increasing international interest. |