M. L. Bush

Serfdom and Slavery (eBook, ePUB)

Studies in Legal Bondage

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Produktbeschreibung

Serfdom and Slavery explores the variety and common characteristics - of legal bondage in Europe and the New World since classical times. Within a tightly controlled framework of general contextual chapters followed by specific case studies, a distinguished team of scholars offers 17 specially written essays which range from classical Greece to early modern Brandenburg, and from medieval England to nineteenth-century Russia. It makes an important contribution to a topic of increasing international interest.

Contributors include Robert Brenner, Wendy Davies, Christopher Dyer, Stanley Engerman, William Hagen, Richard Saller and Howard Temperley.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317887478
• Artikelnr.: 40344645

Autorenporträt

M. L. Bush

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
Part One. Comparative studies of serfdom and slavery.
2. Slavery, serfdom amd other forms of coerced labour: similarities and
differences, Stanley L Engerman.
3. Some controversial questions concerning nineteenth century emancipation
from slavery and serfdom, Peter Kolchin.
Part Two. Themes and case studies on slavery
4. Continuity and change in Western slavery, ancient to modern times,
William D. Philips Jr.
5. The origin and establishment of Ancient Greek slavery, Tracey Rihll.
6.The hierarchical household in Roman society: a study of domestic slavery,
Richard Saller.
7. Emancipation in Byzantium: Roman law in a medieval society,Rosemary
Morris.
8. New World Slavery, Old World slavery,(Howard Temperley).
9. Slave exploitation and the elementary structures of enslavement,Robin
Blackburn.
10. Slave emancipations in modern history,David Turley.
Part Three. Themes and case studies on serfdom.
11. Serfdom in medieval and modern history: a comparison, Michael Bush.
12. On servile status in the early Middle Ages, Wendy Davis.
13. The rises and declines of serfdom in medieval and early modern Europe,
Robert Brenner.
14. Memories of freedom: attitudes towards serfdom in England 1200-1350,
Christopher Dyer.
15. Subject farmers in Brandenburg-Prussia and Polland: village life and
fortunes under manorialism in early modern Central Europe,William W. Hagen
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16. The serf economy and the social order in Russia, Steven Hoch.
17. When and why was the Russian peasantry emancipated?Boris N. Mironov.
Notes on contributors. Index.