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GREEK SLAVERY - DEBORAH KAMEN KARTONIERT (TB)

Ancient Greece is generally recognized as one of only a handful of slave societies in world
history  with slavery playing an important role in all aspects of Greek culture. Unsurprisingly
then  scholarship on Greek slavery has proliferated in the past forty or so years  making a
holistic synthesis of such work especially desirable. This book offers a state-of-the-art guide
to research on this subject  surveying recent scholarly trends and controversies and suggesting
future directions for research. Topics include the representation of slaves in Greek art and
literature  slavery and the economy  slaves and the law  the treatment of slaves  slavery and
sexuality  the manumission of slaves  slave resistance and revolt  and ancient justifications
and criticisms of slavery. Readers  including those interested in slavery of other time periods
will find this book an essential resource in learning about key issues in Greek slavery studies
or in pursuing their own research.

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