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Slavery from Known to Unknown: A comparative study of slavery in ancient Greek poleis and ancient Sri Lanka

Slavery from Known to Unknown: A comparative study of slavery in ancient Greek poleis and ancient Sri Lanka - BAR International Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

The study of classical Greek slavery has been a major concern of historians since the nineteenth century. Considerable evidence is available both in classical literary texts and in inscriptions, and as a result there is now a sophisticated scholarly literature on the subject. Much less attention has been given to the forms of unfree labour that existed in historical Sri Lanka in the period before the arrival of colonial powers. Yet in Sri Lanka too there is evidence in literary texts and inscriptions. This book provides the historical overview, lacking hitherto, of unfree labour in historical Sri Lanka. Its comparative perspective illuminates through their similarities and differences the history of unfree labour in classical Greece as well as in Sri Lanka, leading to valuable insights also into Greek slavery. The book thus has much to offer the historian of ancient Greece as well as the historian of Sri Lanka.

Book information

ISBN: 9781841717302
Publisher: BAR Publishing
Imprint: BAR Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.3620938
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 141
Weight: 544g
Height: 210mm
Width: 210mm
Spine width: 11mm