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Book SynopsisThis volume is aimed at both scholars and general readers who have an interest in how coerced labor operated in many different parts of the world, how it affected enslaved peoples, how it came to be abolished, and what forms of labor control followed in its aftermath.
Trade Review'This excellent collection treats slavery as the truly global phenomenon that it was, and still is, and it looks at slavery within a broad range of forms of labor coercion. The editors have pulled together a team of outstanding authors, most of whom are established authorities on the subjects they discuss.' Martin Klein, University of Toronto
'With revisionary interpretations, this distinguished team of historians has produced an original, compelling and persuasive argument for the centrality of slavery in the shaping of modern history.' James Walvin, University of York
'This book is a thought-provoking intervention into the history and practices of slavery and other forms of coerced labor since the nineteenth century to the present, covering all parts of the world as well as major topics. It surely will spark a series of significant interdisciplinary debates, while future scholarship will rest on this thoughtful and expansive tome.' Toyin Falola, Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South, the Library of Congress
'This volume is brilliantly constructed with contributions from all parts of the world. It draws together the finest work on the history of forced labor between the Haitian Revolution and abolition. It is authoritatively researched, brilliantly presented, and clearly written - a welcome addition in every library.' Ira Berlin, University of Maryland
'This is a must-read for those interested in a comprehensive survey of nineteenth-century global slavery, its rise, decline, and aftermath. Not just an investigation of 'Second Slavery' in Africa, Asia and the Americas, this formidable volume examines a stunning range of coerced labor systems from a variety of rich perspectives, varying from the demographic to the cultural.' Philip Morgan, The Johns Hopkins University
Table of ContentsPart I. Overview: 1. Introduction David Eltis, Stanley L. Engerman, Seymour Drescher and David Richardson; 2. Demographic trends among coerced populations Barry W. Higman; 3. Overseas movements of slaves and indentured workers David Northrup; Part II. Slavery: 4. Slavery in the non-Hispanic West Indies to 1863 Pieter C. Emmer and Stanley L. Engerman; 5. Slavery in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1804 to abolition Laird Bergad; 6. Slavery in nineteenth-century Brazil João Reis; 7. US slavery and its aftermath, 1804–2000 Stanley L. Engerman; 8. Slavery in Africa, 1804–1936 Gareth Austen; 9. Ottoman slavery and abolition in the nineteenth century Michael Ferguson and Ehud Toledano; 10. Slavery and bondage in the Indian Ocean world, nineteenth and twentieth centuries Gwyn Campbell and Alessandro Stanziani; 11. Slavery in India Alessandro Stanziani; 12. Slave resistance Robert L. Paquette; 13. Black culture in the nineteenth century Alex Borucki and Jessica Millward; Part III. Abolition: 14. Slavery and the Haitian revolution David Geggus; 15. Slavery and abolition in Islamic Africa, 1776–1905 Rudolph T. Ware, III; 16. European antislavery: from empires of slavery to global prohibition Seymour Drescher; 17. Antislavery and abolitionism in the United States, 1776–1870 James Brewer Stewart; 18. The emancipation of the serfs in Europe Shane O'Rourke; 19. British abolitionism from the vantage of pre-colonial South Asian regimes Indrani Chatterjee; 20. The transition from slavery to freedom in the Americas after 1804 Christopher Schmidt-Nowara; 21. Abolition and its aftermath in Brazil Celso Thomas Castilho; Part IV. Aftermath: 22. The American Civil War and its aftermath Peter A. Coclanis; 23. Dependency and coercion in East Asian labor, 1800–1949 Pamela Crossley; 24. Gender and coerced labor Pamela Scully and Kerry Ward; 25. Coerced labor in twentieth-century Africa Richard Roberts; 26. Indenture in the long nineteenth century Rosemarijn Hoefte; 27. Forced labor in Nazi Germany and the Stalinist USSR Alan Barenberg; 28. Contemporary coercive labor practices - slavery today Kevin Bales.
