UID:
almafu_9959233079502883
Format:
1 online resource (479 p.)
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
0-8108-7528-4
Series Statement:
Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements
Content:
For almost four thousand years, men and women with power have exploited vulnerable populations for cheap or free labor. These slaves, serfs, helots, tenants, peons, bonded or forced laborers, etc., built pyramids and temples, dug canals and mined the earth for precious metals and gemstones. They built the palaces and mansions in which the powerful lived, grown the food they ate, spun the cloth that clothed them. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition relates the long and brutal history of slavery and the struggle for abolition using several key features: ·Chronology ·Introductory essay ·Appendixes ·Extensive bibliography ·Over 500 cross-referenced entries on forms of slavery, famous slaves and abolitionists, sources of slaves, and current conditions of modern slavery around the world.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction -- THE DICTIONARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8108-5966-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-12589-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
