Gender mastery and slavery : from European to Atlantic world frontiers Introduction : the problem of gender mastery and slavery Gender mastery and maternalism : Christian Muslim and Hebrew traditions Gender mastery and frontier : Europe North Africa and native America Gender mastery and empire : white servitude in new worlds Gender mastery and nation : race and slavery in the United States Bill Fosters clear survey of this lively field provides a critical overview of current scholarship. Taking a thematic and comparative approach to fit with course needs Foster couples case studies from the Americas with comparative perspectives from the ancient and medieval worlds the Pacific and the Christian Muslim slave frontier Provided by publisher