Slavery through the ages
By: Don Nardo
Series: World history; World history series
Publisher: Lucent Books, An imprint of Gale Cengage Learning
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781420511857; 9781420508604
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Slave trade; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; Slavery; History
Description: Provides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the important dates in history regarding slavery; human beings held against their will.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery in the earliest civilizations; title: Slavery defined as natural : ancient Greece; title: Slavery on an immense scale : ancient Rome; title: The early modern slave trade develops; title: That "peculiar institution" : slavery in America; title: Slavery's survival in the modern world.