Slavery and Social Death
Author | : Orlando Patterson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2018-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674916135 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674916131 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Download or read book Slavery and Social Death written by Orlando Patterson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a work of prodigious scholarship and enormous breadth, which draws on the tribal, ancient, premodern, and modern worlds, Orlando Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in sixty-six societies over time. These include Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, China, Korea, the Islamic kingdoms, Africa, the Caribbean islands, and the American South.