An introduction to slavery in world history followed by four case study chapters.
Slavery has been a multi-faceted and nearly universal phenomenon for thousands of years, and this text places it in its proper world-historical context. The case study chapters underscore the pervasiveness of slavery across cultures and time, while illustrating the variety of situations in which the enslaved have found themselves.
Part of the "Connections: Key Themes in World History" series, this text helps students understand world history by focusing on an issue that has been a feature of human existence.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
Think about world history by focusing on a specific theme
Use primary source documents to think critically about the topics
Set aside myths and common mindsets about slavery to understand the multiple forms it has assumed around the globe across many millennia
Understand what role slavery plays today
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"The narrative is well written and succinct, two major assets for instructors assigning texts for survey students to read. Students will be drawn to both the topic and its presentation."
-Beau Bowers, Central Piedmont Community College
"It addresses the most important challenge of engaging (students') attention and having them think critically about a vital topic of our history. The narrative is solid and well-organized and it provides added information that they might not find in their standard textbooks...I love the interesting facts, the stories of individuals, and the "sources" at the end of the chapters. All of these are excellent tools for an instructor to incorporate this text into the reading list for his class."
-Salvador Diaz, Santa Rose Junior College
"This is a nice overview. The emphasis on slavery existing in all cultures but in particular the religious context is valuable...The text uses appropriate vocabulary and has good primary resources for students to comprehend easily."
-Marjorie Hunter, Arkansas State University
"I think it provides a good lens on the expansiveness of slavery, whereas I think most students start and conclude inside the American story about slavery. So, in terms of exposure and knowledge building, this is very good."
-Zach Kincaid, Sweet Briar College
"Overall I enjoyed this work and think that it will be a useful supplemental text for world history courses, or serve as a book for an upper division course focused on the issue of slavery."
-Eric Martin, Lewis-Clark State College
"Overall, this is an admirable project and a pleasure to read. The author highlights aspects of the slave trade about which many students are unfamiliar. The use of primary sources is helpful, as is the goal of taking the discussion into the contemporary era."
-Jason Tatlock, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-205-00766-0 (9780205007660)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Stewart T. Gordon is a senior research scholar at the University of Michigan. He teaches and conducts research in world history and British empire history with a focus on South Asia. His two most recent books areJute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire (Manchester University Press, 1998) and Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet 1774-1904 (Cambridge University Press, 2009). He has written articles on a variety of topics for numerous international professional journals including Past & Present, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Histoire Sociale/ Social History, Journal Of Sports History, and History Today. In 2011 Gordon will take up a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship in the United Kingdom.
Found in this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 Slavery in Ancient Athens
Chapter 2 East African Slavery
Chapter 3 Slavery along the Barbary Coast
Chapter 4 Slavery Today
Conclusions
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
The Origins of Slavery
What Was Slavery, and Who Were Slaves?
Enslavement and Slave Trading around the World, ca. 1500
The Abolition of Slavery: Successes and Failures
Why Do We Study Slavery?
Chapter 1: Slavery in Ancient Athens
A Geographic Survey of Greece
Early Greek Slavery
The Emergence of the City-State
Athens as a City-State
The Legacy of Athenian Slavery
Modern Scholarship
Athens: A Slave Society?
Life as an Athenian Slave
Chapter 2: East African Slavery
The East African Slave Route in Roman Times
Slavery in Early Islam
The Zanj Revolt
Ethiopia and Its Slave Trade
Malik Amber
East African Slavery - 1300 to 1600
The Final Phase of the East African Slave Trade
Conclusions
Chapter 3: Slavery along the Barbary Coast
Slave's Work: Sea and Land
The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade to Barbary
War and Slavery in the Mediterranean and Beyond
Barbary Slave Capture
European Barbary Slavers
Slave Sale in Barbary
Slave Life on Sea and Land
Surviving: Loyal Service and Conversion
Escape and Ransom
The Decline of Barbary Slavery
The United States and Barbary
Chapter 4: Slavery Today
Old and New Slavery
Old Slavery: Mauritania
Old Slavery: Debt Bondage
Old Slavery: Child Exploitation
Old Slavery: Selling of Brides
Not- So-New Slavery: Political Servitude in Totalitarian States
New Slavery: Trans-Regional and Trans-National Labor Exploitation
Defining the New Slavery
Chinese Slavery
The Former Soviet Union
Slavery in Brazil
Sexual Slavery: Thailand and the World
New Slavery: Political Slavery from Below
The Costs of Slavery
Changing Conditions
Conclusions
Making Connections
