{"product_id":"9781119162483","title":"On Human Bondage After Slavery and Social Death","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAncient World: Comparative Histories\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eOn Human Bondage\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAfter Slavery and Social Death\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Bodel | Walter Scheidel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Human Bondage\u003c\/i\u003e—a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson’s groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eSlavery and Social Death\u003c\/i\u003e—assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the novel ideas of social death and natal alienation, as Patterson first presented them 35 years ago and as they are understood today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together exciting new work by a group of esteemed historians of slavery, as well as a final chapter by Patterson himself that responds to and expands upon the other contributions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides insights into slave societies around the world and across time, from classical Greece and Rome to modern Brazil and the Caribbean, and from Han China and pre-colonial South Asia to early modern Europe and the New World\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDelves into a wide range of topics, including the reformation of social identity after slavery, the new historicist approach to slavery, rituals of enslavement and servitude, questions of honor and dishonor, and symbolic imagery of slavery\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Bodel\u003c\/b\u003e is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics and Professor of History at Brown University, USA. He studies ancient Roman history and Latin literature and has special interests in epigraphy, slavery in antiquity, Roman religion, funerals and burial customs, writing systems, and the ancient novel. His books include two other co‐edited volumes in Wiley’s \u003ci\u003eComparative History\u003c\/i\u003e series: \u003ci\u003eHousehold and Family Religion in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (with S. Olyan, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eHighways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre‐Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e (with S. E. Alcock and R. J. Talbert, 2012). Since 1995, he has directed the US Epigraphy Project, which gathers and shares information about ancient Greek and Latin inscriptions in the United States (http:\/\/usepigraphy.brown.edu).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Scheidel\u003c\/b\u003e is the Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, and a Kennedy‐Grossman Fellow in Human Biology at Stanford University, USA. He has published widely on ancient social and economic history, premodern demography, and the comparative history of labor and state formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 December 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119162483\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310889562252,"sku":"9781119162483","price":103.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119162483.jpg?v=1780140081","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781119162483","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}