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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012

1 online resource (xiii, 255 p., [10] p. of plates) : ill., maps

ISBN 9780813932750 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0813932726 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780813932729 (cloth : alk. paper)

Reconsiderations in southern African history

Includes bibliographical references and index

Ending slavery and creating empire in Africa: from the "Indelible stain" to the "light of civilization" -- From law to practice: "certain excesses of severity" -- The critiques and defenses of modern slavery: from without and within, above and below -- Mobility and tactical flight: of workers, chiefs, and villages -- Targeting chiefs: from "fictitious obedience" to "extraordinary political disorder" -- Seniority and subordination: disciplining youth and controlling women’s labor -- An "absolute freedom" circumscribed and circumvented: "Employers chosen of their own free will" -- Upward mobility: "improvement of one’s social condition" -- Conclusion: forced labor’s legacy.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)793806502