by Claude Meillassoux (Author), Alide Dasnois (Translator)
This controversial examination of precolonial African slavery looks at the various social systems that made slavery on such a scale possible and argues that the institutions of slavery were far more complex and pervasive than previously suspected.
Author Biography
Claude Meillassoux is directeur de recherches and head of the Section on Rural Societies and Development Politics at the CNRS in France.
Number of Pages: 422
Dimensions: 0.98 x 8.41 x 5.46 IN
Publication Date: January 01, 1992