Slavery and Social Death - A Comparative Study, With a New Preface (Paperback, 2nd New edition)

Winner of the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association Co-Winner of the Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association In a work of prodigious scholarship and enormous breadth, which draws on the tribal, ancient, premodern, and modern worlds, Orlando Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in sixty-six societies over time. These include Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, China, Korea, the Islamic kingdoms, Africa, the Caribbean islands, and the American South. Praise for the previous edition: “Densely packed, closely argued, and highly controversial in its dissent from much of the scholarly conventional wisdom about the function and structure of slavery worldwide.” —Boston Globe “There can be no doubt that this rich and learned book will reinvigorate debates that have tended to become too empirical and specialized. Patterson has helped to set out the direction for the next decades of interdisciplinary scholarship.” —David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books “This is clearly a major and important work, one which will be widely discussed, cited, and used. I anticipate that it will be considered among the landmarks in the study of slavery, and will be read by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists—as well as many other scholars and students.” —Stanley Engerman

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2018
Authors:	Orlando Patterson
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	560
Edition:	2nd New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-98690-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-674-98690-3
Barcode:	9780674986909

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