The Routledge History of Slavery (Routledge Histories)
by Gad Heuman
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The Routledge History of Slavery 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. Offering an unusual, transnational history of slavery, the chapters have all been specially commissioned for the collection. The volume begins by delineating show more the global nature of the institution of slavery, examining slavery in different parts show lessTags
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Gad Heuman is Professor Emeritus in the History Department and is a past Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of The Slavery Reader (2003), The Killing Time: The Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica (1994) and Between Black and White: Race, Politics, and the Free Coloreds in Jamaica 1792-1865 show more (1981). show less
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
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- 306.3 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Economic institutions
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- HT861 .R68 — Social sciences Communities. Classes. Races Communities. Classes. Races Classes Slavery
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