What Is a Slave Society?: The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective

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Noel Lenski (Yale University, Connecticut) Catherine M. Cameron (University of Colorado Boulder)

What Is a Slave Society?

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The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective

Noel Lenski (Yale University, Connecticut), Catherine M. Cameron (University of Colorado Boulder)

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Cambridge University Press
17 December 2020

General & world history; Slavery & abolition of slavery; Society & Social Sciences

The practice of slavery has been common across a variety of cultures around the globe and throughout history. Despite the multiplicity of slavery's manifestations, many scholars have used a simple binary to categorize slave-holding groups as either 'genuine slave societies' or 'societies with slaves'. This dichotomy, as originally proposed by ancient historian Moses Finley, assumes that there were just five 'genuine slave societies' in all of human history: ancient Greece and Rome, and the colonial Caribbean, Brazil, and the American South. This book interrogates this bedrock of comparative slave studies and tests its worth. Assembling contributions from top specialists, it demonstrates that the catalogue of five must be expanded and that the model may need to be replaced with a more flexible system that emphasizes the notion of intensification. The issue is approached as a question, allowing for debate between the seventeen contributors about how best to conceptualize the comparative study of human bondage.

Edited by: Noel Lenski (Yale University Connecticut), Catherine M. Cameron (University of Colorado Boulder)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9781316508039
ISBN 10: 131650803X
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 17 December 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Noel Lenski is Professor of Roman History at Yale University, Connecticut. A recipient of fellowships from the Humboldt and Guggenheim Foundations, he has published extensively on Roman imperial history, including Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century AD (2014) and Constantine and the Citites: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics (2016).

Reviews for What Is a Slave Society?: The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective

For ancient historians this book contains some important remarks on Greek and Roman slavery and a thought-provoking methodological framework in which to study them. For those with a broader interest in comparative slavery, it is invaluable. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review