Patterson, Orlando
Slavery and Social Death
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674986909
- author:
- Patterson, Orlando
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 528
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 15.6 centimetres (0.64 kg
- Genre:
- 23.5 x 15.6 centimetres, Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Sociology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Orlando Patterson's Slavery and Social Death A Comparative Study is a work of profound scholarship that explores the internal dynamics of slavery across sixty-six societies over time. Drawing on tribal, ancient, premodern, and modern worlds, Patterson examines the complex structures and functions of slavery in various cultures. This book offers a rich and nuanced understanding of the subject, challenging conventional wisdom and shedding new light on the debates surrounding slavery worldwide. With its dense and closely argued analysis, it is likely to be widely discussed and cited by scholars across multiple disciplines. Praise for the previous edition has been widespread, with many experts hailing it as a major work that will shape the course of interdisciplinary scholarship in the years to come.
Related Products
Related Products
The Slavery of Death
Beck, Richard
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation
Manjapra, Kris
Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa
Paul E. Lovejoy
Slavery in Yorkshire
Hargreaves, John
Slavery And Bristol
Best, G. M.