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Slavery and African Life

Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Manning, Patrick
Verfasser*innenangabe: Patrick Manning
Jahr: 1990
Verlag: Cambridge [u.a.], Cambridge Univ. Pr.
Mediengruppe: Buch
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This interpretation of the impact of slavery on African life emphasizes the importance of external demand for slaves by Occidental and Oriental purchasers in developing an active trade in slaves within Africa. The book summarizes a wide range of recent literature on slavery for all of tropical Africa. It analyzes the demography, economics, social structure and ideology of slavery in Africa from the beginning of large-scale slave exports in the seventeenth century to the gradual elimination of slavery in the twentieth century. While primarily a general survey, Dr. Manning presents original research and analysis, especially in his demographic model, computer simulation of slave trade and analysis of slave prices. By revealing clearly the succession of transformations which slavery brought throughout the African continent, the book shows in new depth the place of Africa in the history of the Atlantic basin, of western Asia and North Africa, and of the Indian Ocean. "When American scholars examine slavery, more often than not they focus on the Americas in the nineteenth century. Patrick Manning, to his credit, has taken a broader view of slavery, examining slavery and the slave trade in the Orient and Africa as well as in the Occident...This is a valuable yet provocative book. In a relatively small number of pages, the author makes many (often controversial) causal assertions." Journal of Economic History"This bold and innovative short work seeks to demonstrate the impact of slavery on sub-Saharan Africa from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries." David Geggus, HAHR"Manning provides his readers wth a well-written, broad-ranging, and interdisciplinary introduction to a very important subject. In additon to summarizing recent work in this field, he is provocative, insightful, and refreshingly sensitive to the complexties and nuances of this topic....These qualities will make this book a good introduction to African slavery for both undergraduate students and the non-specialist scholar." Richard B. Allen, African Studies Review

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Manning, Patrick
Verfasser*innenangabe: Patrick Manning
Jahr: 1990
Verlag: Cambridge [u.a.], Cambridge Univ. Pr.
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ISBN: 978-0-521-34867-6
Beschreibung: XI, 236 S.
Schlagwörter: Afrika, Sklavenhandel
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Fußnote: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-226) and index ; Text engl.
Mediengruppe: Buch