Slavery And Social Death: A Comparative Study, With A New Preface,Used

Winner Of The Distinguished Contribution To Scholarship Award, American Sociological Associationcowinner Of The Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Associationin A Work Of Prodigious Scholarship And Enormous Breadth, Which Draws On The Tribal, Ancient, Premodern, And Modern Worlds, Orlando Patterson Discusses The Internal Dynamics Of Slavery In Sixtysix Societies Over Time. These Include Greece And Rome, Medieval Europe, China, Korea, The Islamic Kingdoms, Africa, The Caribbean Islands, And The American South.Praise For The Previous Edition:Densely Packed, Closely Argued, And Highly Controversial In Its Dissent From Much Of The Scholarly Conventional Wisdom About The Function And Structure Of Slavery Worldwide.Boston Globethere Can Be No Doubt That This Rich And Learned Book Will Reinvigorate Debates That Have Tended To Become Too Empirical And Specialized. Patterson Has Helped To Set Out The Direction For The Next Decades Of Interdisciplinary Scholarship.David Brion Davis, New York Review Of Booksthis Is Clearly A Major And Important Work, One Which Will Be Widely Discussed, Cited, And Used. I Anticipate That It Will Be Considered Among The Landmarks In The Study Of Slavery, And Will Be Read By Historians, Sociologists, And Anthropologistsas Well As Many Other Scholars And Students.Stanley Engerman