Preface
List of maps, tables, chart
1. 'Race' and 'ethnicity': forms of vertical classification
2. Historical structures and social marks as hierarchical systems
3. The hierarchical context of the creation of the United States
4. Structural slots and identity creation in 17th century Virginia
5. The hierarchical structure of West African societies: theoretical notions
6. The logic of a trade in humans
7. The creation of a slave labor slot in Virginia
8. America on the eve of mass migration from Ireland
9. Ireland in the periphery
10. The Great Famine and forced emigration
11. Conclusion
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.

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