The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach

by Joseph C. Miller

Why did slavery--an accepted evil for thousands of years--suddenly become regarded during the eighteenth century as an abomination so compelling that Western governments took up the cause of abolition in ways that transformed the modern world? Joseph C. Miller turns this classic question on its head by rethinking the very nature of slavery, arguing that it must be viewed generally as a process rather than as an institution. Tracing the global history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300113153
• ISBN13: 9780300113150
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"