The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach by Miller, Joseph C.

The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300113150)

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The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach by Miller, Joseph C.

The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach

$42.00
The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach by Miller, Joseph C.

The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach

$42.00
Format: Paperback
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Why did slavery--an accepted evil for thousands of years--suddenly become regarded during the eighteenth century as an abomination so compelling that Western governments took up the cause of abolition in ways that transformed the modern world? Joseph C. Miller turns this classic question on its head by rethinking the very nature of slavery, arguing that it must be viewed generally as a process rather than as an institution. Tracing the global history of slaving over thousands of years, Miller reveals the shortcomings of Western narratives that define slavery by the same structures and power relations regardless of places and times, concluding instead that slaving is a process which can be understood fully only as imbedded in changing circumstances.

Author: Joseph C. Miller
ISBN-10: 0300113153
ISBN-13: 9780300113150
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2012
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2012

By Joseph C. Miller
By Joseph C. Miller
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Joseph C. Miller is T. Cary Johnson Jr. Professor in the Department of History at the University of Virginia and a pre-eminent historian of world slavery. He lives in Charlottesville, VA.

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