商品簡介
Ambitious in scope, this dictionary provides an overview of events, persons, and institutions important to the historical study of forced labor and the struggle to abolish it. Klein (emeritus, U. of Toronto, Canada) treats slavery as a global phenomenon that has existed from prehistorical times to the present. However, the material is weighted toward the African slave trade and the operation of the "peculiar institution" in the United States. Also included is a chronology and an introductory essay on the development of slavery. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Martin A. Klein is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto where he taught African History for 29 years. In 2001, he received the Distinguished Africanist Award of the African Studies Association.
