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Chargement... A Brief History of Slaverypar Jeremy Black
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Slavery is as old as the world itself and expert and professor Jeremy Black will show that its history is one that is central to our understanding of the modern world. This essential guide is a new global history of slavery from ancient times to the present day, includes fascinating new insights and interpretations including the role of slavery within Islam, the complicity of some Africans in the transatlantic trade, and will raise key questions about the persistence of slavery today and what our governments are doing about it. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)306.362Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Economic institutions Systems of labor, industrial sociology SlaveryClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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It is a short book and the author tried to give us a brief introduction into the origins and different kind of slavery up to now into our modern world. He managed this quite well; also at times paragraphs were convoluted when he tried to cram too many details into it. Another setback was that the author at times started an account or a thought but didn't follow it through. However, despite these minor setbacks this was quite a fascinating little book which could easily be used as a reference point for individual interests in slavery. What I also found particularly intriguing were his explanations about serfdom, something which was extremely popular in Germany from the early middle ages to the late 19th Century. Normally not titled as slavery, but when you actually look a bit closer you can see that it wasn't anything other than slavery disguised with a different name.
I definitely can recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic, to use it as a reference point to explore deeper into the different eras, the political implications and benefits, the social agreement and all the other reasons behind slavery. ( )