Slaves and slavery in ancient Greece /
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Author / Creator: | Forsdyke, Sara, 1967- author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021 |
Description: | xv, 277 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Key themes in ancient history Key themes in ancient history. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12707504 |
Summary: | Slavery in ancient Greece was commonplace. In this book Sara Forsdyke uncovers the wide range of experiences of slaves and focuses on their own perspectives, rather than those of their owners, giving a voice to a group that is often rendered silent by the historical record. By reading ancient sources 'against the grain,' and through careful deployment of comparative evidence from more recent slave-owning societies, she demonstrates that slaves engaged in a variety of strategies to deal with their conditions of enslavement, ranging from calculated accommodation to full-scale rebellion. Along the way, she establishes that slaves made a vital contribution to almost all aspects of Greek society. Above all, despite their often brutal treatment, they sometimes displayed great ingenuity in exploiting the tensions and contradictions within the system of slavery. |
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Physical Description: | xv, 277 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781107032347 1107032342 9781107658899 1107658896 9781139505772 9781009064293 |