Ancient Greek and Roman slavery / Peter Hunt, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. [electronic resource]

By:

Hunt, Peter, 1961- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2018Description: 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrationsISBN:

9781119421054

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient Greek and Roman slavery.DDC classification:

306.3/6209495 23

LOC classification:

HT863 .H86 2018

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction and historical context 2 Definitions and Evidence 3 Enslavement 4 Economics 5 Politics 6 Culture 7 Sex and Family Life 8 Manumission and Ex-Slaves 9 Everyday conflict 10 Revolts 11 Representations 12 Philosophy and Law 13 Decline and Legacy.

Summary: "The general introduction will provide the political and historical context for Greek and Roman slavery and briefly survey the institutions themselves. Each chapter will open with a section on "Background and Methodology." These will orient the reader for the chapter's "Case Studies," one from Greece and one from Rome--and sometimes a Hellenistic case--that would constitute the bulk of the book"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Ebook	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online	eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The general introduction will provide the political and historical context for Greek and Roman slavery and briefly survey the institutions themselves. Each chapter will open with a section on "Background and Methodology." These will orient the reader for the chapter's "Case Studies," one from Greece and one from Rome--and sometimes a Hellenistic case--that would constitute the bulk of the book"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.