Slavery / / Peter J Parish.
In this classic short introduction to one of the most important and controversial topics in American history, Peter J Parish investigates slavery from political, economic and social perspectives. He explains the paradox upon which slavery rested: its guiding principle was that slaves were property,...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (96 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 1. The paradoxical institution
- 2. The making of an institution
- 3. The labour of the slaves
- 4. The business of slavery
- 5. The life of the slaves
- 6. Variations, exceptions and complications
- APPENDIX The historiographical background
- APPENDIX Bibliographical update
- NOTES