This social history compares the two forms of legal servitude (serfdom and slavery) in cultures in Western civilization, in Europe and the New World from ancient times to the modern period. The text illuminates the history of servitude, seeking to explain why it should develop or disappear.
- ISBN10 0582291860
- ISBN13 9780582291867
- Publish Date 20 August 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 May 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pearson Education Limited
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English