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      • Volume 4: AD 1804–AD 2016
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      20 April 2017
      24 April 2017
      ISBN:
      9781139046176
      9780521840699
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139046176
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.14kg, 718 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, American History: General Interest, Classical Studies, British History: General Interest, Regional and World History: General Interest, History
      Collections:
      Cambridge Histories - Global History, Cambridge Histories - British & European History, Cambridge Histories - American History, Cambridge Histories - Asian History, Cambridge Histories - Middle East & African Studies
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      The Cambridge World History of Slavery
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, American History: General Interest, Classical Studies, British History: General Interest, Regional and World History: General Interest, History
    Collections:
    Cambridge Histories - Global History, Cambridge Histories - British & European History, Cambridge Histories - American History, Cambridge Histories - Asian History, Cambridge Histories - Middle East & African Studies
    Series:
    The Cambridge World History of Slavery
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    Slavery and coerced labor have been among the most ubiquitous of human institutions both in time - from ancient times to the present - and in place, having existed in virtually all geographic areas and societies. This volume covers the period from the independence of Haiti to modern perceptions of slavery by assembling twenty-eight original essays, each written by scholars acknowledged as leaders in their respective fields. Issues discussed include the sources of slaves, the slave trade, the social and economic functioning of slave societies, the responses of slaves to enslavement, efforts to abolish slavery continuing to the present day, the flow of contract labor and other forms of labor control in the aftermath of abolition, and the various forms of coerced labor that emerged in the twentieth century under totalitarian regimes and colonialism.

    Reviews

    'This excellent collection treats slavery as the truly global phenomenon that it was, and still is, and it looks at slavery within a broad range of forms of labor coercion. The editors have pulled together a team of outstanding authors, most of whom are established authorities on the subjects they discuss.'

    Martin Klein - University of Toronto

    'With revisionary interpretations, this distinguished team of historians has produced an original, compelling and persuasive argument for the centrality of slavery in the shaping of modern history.'

    James Walvin - University of York

    'This book is a thought-provoking intervention into the history and practices of slavery and other forms of coerced labor since the nineteenth century to the present, covering all parts of the world as well as major topics. It surely will spark a series of significant interdisciplinary debates, while future scholarship will rest on this thoughtful and expansive tome.'

    Toyin Falola - Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South, the Library of Congress

    'This volume is brilliantly constructed with contributions from all parts of the world. It draws together the finest work on the history of forced labor between the Haitian Revolution and abolition. It is authoritatively researched, brilliantly presented, and clearly written - a welcome addition in every library.'

    Ira Berlin - University of Maryland

    'This is a must-read for those interested in a comprehensive survey of nineteenth-century global slavery, its rise, decline, and aftermath. Not just an investigation of 'Second Slavery' in Africa, Asia and the Americas, this formidable volume examines a stunning range of coerced labor systems from a variety of rich perspectives, varying from the demographic to the cultural.'

    Philip Morgan - The Johns Hopkins University

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