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Aboriginal slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America /
Leland Donald shows that Northwest Coast servitude, relatively neglected by researchers in the past, fits an appropriate cross-cultural definition of slavery. Arguing that slaves and slavery were central to these hunting-fishing-gathering societies, he points out how important slaves were to the Nor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Leland Donald shows that Northwest Coast servitude, relatively neglected by researchers in the past, fits an appropriate cross-cultural definition of slavery. Arguing that slaves and slavery were central to these hunting-fishing-gathering societies, he points out how important slaves were to the Northwest Coast economies for their labour and for their value as major items of exchange. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 379 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-365) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520918115 0520918118 0585128839 9780585128832 |