Slavery
By: David Turley
Series: New perspectives on the past; New perspectives on the past (Basil Blackwell Publisher)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Slavery -- History -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Description: "This book is a cross-cultural examination of slavery. It draws material from the many regions, and widely separated historical periods, in which slavery has existed - ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, the Muslim societies of the Middle East and Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. With such a wide geographic and chronological scope, Slavery will provoke historians and sociologists to make new connections and see old problems in a fresh light.".

"Turley analyses three key themes in the history of slavery: the social and economic importance of slavery within societies, the experience of slavery by both slaves and those who control them, and the means by which slavery was reproduced and maintained in different societies.".

"The book also explains how slavery was maintained by discussing the role of race, ethnicity and religious differences in the functioning of slave systems. Turley completes this wide-ranging analysis of slavery by examining emancipation, showing that both the early modern expansion of slavery and its ending were paradoxically connected to different phases of European imperialism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-168) and index