The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 1, The Ancient Mediterranean World - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052184066X ISBN 13: 9780521840668

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery, which is argued to have been a cultural manifestation of the ubiquitous violence in societies typified by incessant warfare. There was never any sustained opposition to slavery, and the new religion of Christianity probably reinforced rather than challenged its existence. In twenty-two chapters, leading scholars explore the centrality of slavery in ancient Mediterranean life using a wide range of textual and material evidence. Non-specialist readers in particular will find the volume an accessible account of the early history of this crucial phenomenon.

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Book Description:

Surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean over three thousand years, concentrating particularly on the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery.

About the Author:

Keith Bradley is Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and held a Killam Research Fellowship in Canada during 1996-1998. He is also the author of Discovering the Roman Family: Studies in Roman Social History (1991) and Slavery and Society at Rome (1994).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 052184066X
• ISBN 13: 9780521840668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 632
• Editor: Bradley Keith, Cartledge Paul