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Zdanowski, Jerzy, 1949-

Speaking with their own voices : the stories of slaves in the Persian Gulf in the 20th century / by Jerzy Zdanowski. - 1 online resource

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This book presents an analysis of the slavery and manumission practiced in the Persian Gulf region in the first half of the 20th century. It is unique as it exposes the life stories of several hundred slaves, speaking with their own voices. A striking aspect of the majority of studies on slavery is that they provide the reader with excellent statistics and describe the mechanism of enslavement, the routes of slave trading, and the economic and social conditions of enslaved people, but slaves ...

ISBN: 9781443861632 (electronic bk.) 1443861634 (electronic bk.) 1306875854 (ebk) 9781306875851 (ebk)

Source: 618836 MIL

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB6F7476 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017854986 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slaves--History--Persian Gulf Region--20th century.
Slaves--Social conditions.--Persian Gulf Region
Esclaves--Histoire--Persique, Région du golfe--20e siècle.
Esclaves--Conditions sociales.--Persique, Région du golfe
Middle Eastern history.
Social & cultural history.
Slavery & abolition of slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Slaves.
Slaves--Social conditions.
Sklave
Society.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Persian Gulf Region.
Golfstaaten

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: HT867

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/62092