Slavery in the Islamic World

Its Characteristics and Commonality

• Author(s): Mary Ann Fay,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Pages: 206
• ISBN_10: 1349959294
  ISBN_13: 9781349959297
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / World / Middle Eastern , Religion / Religion, Politics & State , Political Science / General , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs , Political Science / Political Ideologies / General , History / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy ,

Description:... This edited volume determines where slavery in the Islamic world fits within the global history of slavery and the various models that have been developed to analyze it. To that end, the authors focus on a question about Islamic slavery that has frequently been asked but not answered satisfactorily, namely, what is Islamic about slavery in the Islamic world. Through the fields of history, sociology, literature, women's studies, African studies, and comparative slavery studies, this book is an important contribution to the scholarly research on slavery in the Islamic lands, which continues to be understudied and under-represented in global slavery studies.