The author compares slave societies with the ir relatively modern counterparts in the New World to show a new perspective on the history of slavery. He sheds li

Four lectures presented at the Colláege de France in November and December 1978. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 185-194.

Interrogates the traditional binary 'slave societies'/'societies with slaves' as a paradigm for understanding the global practice of slaveholding.

A ground-breaking edited collection charting the rise and fall of forms of unfree labour in the ancient Mediterranean and in the modern Atlantic, employing the

"The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable po