The slavery reader
By: Gad Heuman and James Walvin.
Contributors: Walvin, James.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 800
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History.; Slavery -- America -- History.
Description: 'The Slavery Reader' brings together the most recent & essential writings on slavery. The focus is on Atlantic slavery between the 15th & 19th centuries & key themes include: the origins & developmwnt of American slavery, work, slave culture, slave economy, resistance, & race & social structure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Atlantic slave trade; title: Origins and development of American slavery; title: Work; title: Family, gender, and community; title: Slave culture; title: Slave economy and material culture; title: Slave resistance; title: Race and social structure; title: Africans in the Atlantic world.