Slaves and households in the Near East /
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| Imprint: | Chicago : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2011. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 151 p. : ill.) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oriental Institute Seminars 1559-2944 ; no. 7 University of Chicago Oriental Institute seminars ; no. 7. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8360488 |
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Slaves and households in the Near East |
| Summary: | The seventh in the Oriental Institute Seminar Series, this volume contains papers that emerged from the seminar "Slaves and Households in the Near East" held at the Oriental Institute March 5-6, 2010. Despite widespread mention of enslaved people in historical records from the ancient, medieval and early modern Near East, scholars struggle to understand what defines this phenomenon in both particular contexts and in general. The purpose of the seminar was to seek new understandings of slavery through scholarly exchange and exploration of new approaches. In particular, contributors examined slavery in the context of households, an approach that allows scholars to expose different dimensions of the phenomenon beyond basic economic questions. Households, whether domestic units, temples or the building blocks of political organisations, can be used as the prism through which to view the dynamics among enslaved people and their immediate contacts. The volume contains micro-historical examinations of slavery in contexts spanning almost four millennia. |
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| Item Description: | "Papers from the Oriental Institute Seminar: Slaves and households in the Near East, held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 5-6 March 2010." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 151 p. : ill.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 188592383X 9781885923837 |
| ISSN: | 1559-2944 ; |