Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece - Sara Forsdyke

Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece

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Buch | Hardcover
200 Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-03234-7 (ISBN)
98,50 inkl. MwSt
A comprehensive account of the experiences of enslaved people in ancient Greece, from the moment of enslavement through death or the achievement of freedom. Focuses on the perspectives of the enslaved rather than slave owners, and shows the strategies they adopted to maximize their autonomy.
Slavery in ancient Greece was commonplace. In this book Sara Forsdyke uncovers the wide range of experiences of slaves and focuses on their own perspectives, rather than those of their owners, giving a voice to a group that is often rendered silent by the historical record. By reading ancient sources 'against the grain,' and through careful deployment of comparative evidence from more recent slave-owning societies, she demonstrates that slaves engaged in a variety of strategies to deal with their conditions of enslavement, ranging from calculated accommodation to full-scale rebellion. Along the way, she establishes that slaves made a vital contribution to almost all aspects of Greek society. Above all, despite their often brutal treatment, they sometimes displayed great ingenuity in exploiting the tensions and contradictions within the system of slavery.

Sara Forsdyke is Josiah Ober Collegiate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Michigan. She has published widely on ancient democracy, slavery and the law.

1. Approaching slavery in Ancient Greece: motivations, methods and definitions; 2. Becoming a slave: 'the day of slavery'; 3. Being a slave: experiences of slavery; 4. Slaves and status; 5. Resourceful slaves and controlling masters; 6. Why should we care?

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Key Themes in Ancient History
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 235 mm
Gewicht 570 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-107-03234-2 / 1107032342
ISBN-13 978-1-107-03234-7 / 9781107032347
Zustand Neuware
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