| Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Davis, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403945519 ISBN-13: 9781403945518 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: This is a study that digs deeply into this "other" slavery, the bondage of Europeans by north-African Muslims that flourished during the same centuries as the heyday of the trans-Atlantic trade from sub-Saharan Africa to the Americas. Here are explored--perhaps for the first time--the actual extent of Barbary Coast slavery, the dynamic relationship between master and slave, and the effects of this slaving on Italy, one of the slave takers' primary targets and victims. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Islam - History - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 2002192454 |
| Series: Early Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Mediterranean - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a study that digs deeply into this 'other' slavery, the bondage of Europeans by North-African Muslims that flourished during the same centuries as the heyday of the trans-Atlantic trade from sub-Saharan Africa to the Americas. Here are explored the actual extent of Barbary Coast slavery, the dynamic relationship between master and slave, and the effects of this slaving on Italy, one of the slave takers' primary targets and victims. |