<P><EM>The Routledge History of Slavery</EM> is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery from ancient Greece to the present day. Taking stock of the field of Slave Studies, the book explores the major advances that have taken place in the past few decades of study in this crucial field. </P><P>Offering an unusual, transnational history of slavery, the chapters have all been specially commissioned for the collection. The volume begins by delineating the global nature of the institution of slavery, examining slavery in different parts of the world and over time. Topics covered here include slavery in Africa and the Indian Ocean World, as well as the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In Part Two, the chapters explore different themes that define slavery such as slave culture, the slave economy, slave resistance and the planter class, as well as areas of life affected by slavery, such as family and work. The final part goes on to study
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Exploring the major historiographical, theoretical, and methodological approaches that have shaped studies on slavery, this addition to the <i>Writing History </i>series highlights the varied ways that historians have approached the fluid...
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<P>A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.<br><br>In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the...
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<P>[W]ill be welcomed by students of comparative slavery.... [It] makes us reconsider the significance of slavery in the subcontinent." ¿Edward A. Alpers, UCLA</P><P>Despite its pervasive presence in the South Asian past, slavery...
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A concise history of slavery in America, including the daily life of American slaves, the laws that sought to legitimize white supremacy, the anti-slavery movement, and the abolition of slavery
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