Historical dictionary of slavery and abolition / / Martin A. Klein
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| Autore: |
Klein Martin A.
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| Titolo: |
Historical dictionary of slavery and abolition / / Martin A. Klein
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| Pubblicazione: | London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/62097303 |
| Soggetto topico: | Slavery - History |
| Antislavery movements - History | |
| Abolitionists - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Historical dictionary of slavery and abolition |
| ISBN: | 0-8108-7528-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791288403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.