Machine derived contents note: Note on Glossary -- Publisher's Note on Translation -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Introductory Chapter: Kin and Aliens -- Part I - The Womb: The Dialectic of Slavery -- 1. The Historical Dimension of Slavery in West Africa -- 2. Extraneousness -- 3. Sterility -- 4. Profits and Accumulation -- 5. Unborn and Reprieved from Death -- 6. Promotion of Slaves -- 7. Half-Breed Slaves -- Transition: Revenge of the anti-Kin -- Part II - Iron: Aristocratic Slavery -- A. Slavery and Power -- 1. The Coming of the Brigands -- 2. The Great Task of the Kings -- 3. The Divine Court -- B. The War Economy -- 1. Cases -- 2. Analyses -- Part III - Gold: Merchant Slavery -- 1. The Land of the Merchants -- 2. The Spread of Slavery within the Peasantry -- 3. Forms of Exploitation -- 4. The Internal Market for Slaves -- 5. To Buy or to Breed? -- 6. The Disintegration of Slavery -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Proper Names -- Subject Index
Notes
Translation of: Anthropologie de lʼesclavage
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-404) and indexes
