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Slavery and other forms of strong asymmetrical dependencies : semantics and lexical fields /

In this volume, we approach the phenomenon of slavery and other types of strong asymmetrical dependencies from two methodologically and theoretically distinct perspectives: semantics and lexical fields. Detailed analyses of key terms that are associated with the conceptualization of strong asymmetri...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bischoff, Jeannine (Editor ), Conermann, Stephan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2022.
Colección:Dependency and slavery studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Semantics of Slavery and Other Forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependency in Comparison
  • Indefinite Terms? Social Groups in Early Ancient China (ca. 1300-771 BC) and "Strong Asymmetrical Dependency"
  • Tax Coercion as a Real and Metaphorical YOKE: On the Earliest State Administrative Practices Reflected in Ancient Egyptian Writing and Images Around 3000 BC
  • Dependent Rural Populations in Archaic and Classical Greece: Free, Slave, or Between Free and Slave?
  • Familia and Dependency in Roman Law Texts
  • Visualizations and Expressions of Dependencies in Classic Maya Narratives: A Semiotic Approach
  • How to Approach Emic Semantics of Dependency in Islamic Legal Texts: Reflections on the Ḥanafī Legal Commentary al-Hidāya fī sharḥ bidāya al-mubtadī and its British-Colonial Translation
  • Modes of Manumission: What Terms Used for Emancipation Tell Us about Dependencies in Ottoman Society
  • Terms for Dependent People in Rural Russia in Early Modern Records
  • Contributors
  • Index