The Anthropology of Slavery: The Womb of Iron and Gold
by Claude Meillassoux; Alide Dasnois (trans)
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Trade Paperback. 1992. Translation of Anthropologie de l'esclavage. First Thus. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Rubbing to cover. Not from a library. Not clipped. 422 pages.
This controversial examination of precolonial African slavery looks at the various social systems that made slavery on such a scale possible and argues that the institutions of slavery were far more complex and pervasive than previously suspected.
This controversial examination of precolonial African slavery looks at the various social systems that made slavery on such a scale possible and argues that the institutions of slavery were far more complex and pervasive than previously suspected.
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- Title
- The Anthropology of Slavery: The Womb of Iron and Gold
- Author
- Claude Meillassoux; Alide Dasnois (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0226519120
- ISBN 13
- 9780226519128
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- slavery, slaves, slave trade, economics, history, economic history, Africa, Anthropologie de l'
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; History; Economics;
- Size
- 8vo
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