On Human Bondage: After Slavery and Social Death

by Walter Scheidel

On Human Bondage --a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson's groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death --assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies. Discusses the novel ideas of social death and natal alienation, as Patterson first presented them 35 years ago and as they are understood today Brings together exciting new work by a group of esteemed historians of slavery, as well as a final chapter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119162483
• ISBN13: 9781119162483
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"