This study of the institution and system of slavery was first published in France in 1986. Drawing upon his knowledge of African society, Professor Meillassoux provides an analysis of the reproduction of the social order in societies relying heavily on slavery: within tribes, marauding bands and nations, and between the classes and sexes. He also examines the rivalry between military and aristocratic groupings and the merchant classes who conducted the slave trade.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Illustrationen
glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-485-11395-2 (9780485113952)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kin and Aliens. Part 1 The historical dimensions of slavery in West Africa; extraneousness; sterility; profits and accumulation; unborn and reprieved from death; promotion of slaves; half-breed slaves; revenge of the anti-kin. Part 2 A slavery and power - the coming of the brigands; the great task of the Kings; the divine court; the war economy - cases; analyses. Part 3 The land of the merchants; the spread of slavery within peasantry; forms of exploitation; the internal market for slaves; to buy or to breed?; the disintegration of slavery.
