The Slavery Reader (Routledge Readers in History)
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2003
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The Slavery Reader brings together the most recent and essential writings on slavery. The focus is on Atlantic slavery the enforced movement of millions of Africans from their homelands into the Americas, and the complex historical story of slavery in the Americas. Spanning almost five centuries the late fifteenth until the mid-nineteenth the articles trace the range and impact of slavery on the modern Western world.Key themes include:the origins and development of American slaveryworkfamily, gender and communityslave cultureslave economyresistancerace and social structureAfricans in the Atlantic world.Together with the editors' clear and authoritative commentary and a substantial introduction, this volume will become central to the study of slavery. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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- Title
- The Slavery Reader (Routledge Readers in History)
- Author
- Gad Heuman (University of Warwick, UK)
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0415213045
- ISBN 13
- 9780415213042
- Item weight
- 1,479 grams
- Dimensions
- 174.0 x 246.0
The Slavery Reader brings together the most recent and essential writings on slavery. The focus is on Atlantic slavery – the enforced movement of millions of Africans from their homelands into the Americas, and the complex historical story of slavery in the Americas. Spanning almost five centuries – the late fifteenth until the mid-nineteenth – the articles trace the range and impact of slavery on the modern Western world.
Key themes include:
- the origins and development of American slavery
- work
- family, gender and community
- slave culture
- slave economy
- resistance
- race and social structure
- Africans in the Atlantic world.
Together with the editors' clear and authoritative commentary and a substantial introduction, this volume will become central to the study of slavery.
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