{"product_id":"what-is-a-slave-society-the-practice-of-slavery-in-global-perspective-paperback-9781316508039","title":"What Is a Slave Society?; The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective (Paperback \/ softback) 9781316508039","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat Is a Slave Society?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterrogates the traditional binary 'slave societies'\/'societies with slaves' as a paradigm for understanding the global practice of slaveholding.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNoel Lenski (Edited by), Catherine M. Cameron (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316508039, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 December 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e526 pages, 22 b\/w illus.  8 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.768 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'What Is a Slave Society? is highly engaging, broadly applicable, and surprisingly readable.' Lydial Wilson Marshal, African Archaeological Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe practice of slavery has been common across a variety of cultures around the globe and throughout history. Despite the multiplicity of slavery's manifestations, many scholars have used a simple binary to categorize slave-holding groups as either 'genuine slave societies' or 'societies with slaves'. This dichotomy, as originally proposed by ancient historian Moses Finley, assumes that there were just five 'genuine slave societies' in all of human history: ancient Greece and Rome, and the colonial Caribbean, Brazil, and the American South. This book interrogates this bedrock of comparative slave studies and tests its worth. Assembling contributions from top specialists, it demonstrates that the catalogue of five must be expanded and that the model may need to be replaced with a more flexible system that emphasizes the notion of intensification. The issue is approached as a question, allowing for debate between the seventeen contributors about how best to conceptualize the comparative study of human bondage.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Framing the question: what is a Slave Society? Noel Lenski\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Ancient and Late Antique Western Societies: 2. Ancient Greece as a 'Slave Society' Peter Hunt\u003cbr\u003e 3. Roman slavery and the idea of 'Slave Society' Kyle Harper and Walter Scheidel\u003cbr\u003e 4. Ancient slaveries and modern ideology Noel Lenski\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Non-Western Small-Scale Societies: 5. The nature of slavery in small-scale societies Catherine Cameron\u003cbr\u003e 6. Native American slavery in global context Christina Snyder\u003cbr\u003e 7. Slavery as structure, process, or lived experience, or why slave societies existed in pre-contact tropical America Fernando Santos-Granero\u003cbr\u003e 8. Slavery in societies on the frontiers of centralized states in West Africa Paul Lovejoy\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Modern Western Societies: 9. The colonial Brazilian 'Slave Society': potentialities, limits and challenges to an interpretative model inspired by Moses Finley Aldair Carlos Rodrigues\u003cbr\u003e 10. What is a Slave Society? The American South Robert Gudmestad\u003cbr\u003e 11. Islands of slavery: archaeology and Caribbean landscapes of intensification Theresa Singleton\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Non-Western State Societies: 12. Was nineteenth-century Eastern Arabia a 'Slave Society'? Matthew Hopper\u003cbr\u003e 13. Slavery and society in East Africa, Oman, and the Persian Gulf Bernard K. Freamon\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ottoman and Islamic societies: were they 'Slave Societies'? Ehud Toledano\u003cbr\u003e 15. A microhistorical analysis of Korean Nobis through the prism of the lawsuit of Damulsari Kim Bok-rae\u003cbr\u003e 16. 'Slavery so Gentle': a fluid spectrum of Southeast Asian conditions of bondage Anthony Reid\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Intersections: slaveries, borderlands, edges James F. Brooks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Slavery \u0026amp; abolition of slavery [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Slavery \u0026amp; abolition of slavery\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Slavery%20\u0026amp;%20abolition%20of%20slavery%20%5BHBTS%5D%22\"\u003eHBTS\u003c\/a\u003e], History: earliest times to present day [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History: earliest times to present day\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History:%20earliest%20times%20to%20present%20day%20%5BHBL%5D%22\"\u003eHBL\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913155731736,"sku":"9781316508039","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316508039i_3657a1ec-9582-47de-b8f5-51e1b8f493ec.jpg?v=1696681480","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-is-a-slave-society-the-practice-of-slavery-in-global-perspective-paperback-9781316508039","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}