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History - African / African Studies / Anthropology / History

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Slavery in Africa Historical and Anthropological Perspectives Edited by Suzanne Miers and Igor Kopytoff "This excellent work consists of 16 essays which view internal or indigenous African slavery from a variety of perspectives. . . . A significant breakthrough in our understanding of a crucial yet curiously neglected subject. Essential reading for all Africanists and a very important acquisition for all academic libraries."—History This is the prequel book to The End of Slavery in Africa both very well-respected examinations of this subject. Suzanne Miers was, at the time this book was published, Direction of the African Studies Program and professor of history at Ohio University, and the author of Britain and the Ending of the Slave Trade (1975) Igor Kopytoff was then associate professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of numerous articles concerning African peoples, particularly those of Zaïre.

June 1977 LC: 76-053653 HT 496 pp.  17 maps ISBN 0-299-07334-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-299-07334-3Paper $26.95 t To order, you can accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart by clicking on the bulleted lines below. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with MasterCard or Visa. Click here for further explanation of shopping cart feature. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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