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Transformations in slavery : a history of slavery in Africa / Paul E. Lovejoy.

Author/creator Lovejoy, Paul E.
Format Electronic and Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionxxiv, 381 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series African studies ; 117
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Africa and slavery; 2. On the frontiers of Islam, 1400-1600; 3. The export trade in slaves, 1600-1800; 4. The enslavement of Africans, 1600-1800; 5. The organization of slave marketing, 1600-1800; 6. Relationships of dependency, 1600-1800; 7. The nineteenth-century slave trade; 8. Slavery and 'legitimate trade' on the west African coast; 9. Slavery in the savanna during the era of the Jihads; 10. Slavery in central, southern, and eastern Africa in the nineteenth century; 11. The abolitionist impulse; 12. Slavery in the political economy of Africa.
Abstract "This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. The new edition revises statistical material and incorporates recent research"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-363) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011014119
ISBN9781107002968 (hardback)
ISBN9780521176187 (paperback)

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