Kolchin, Peter.

Unfree Labor : American Slavery and Russian Serfdom. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (535 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Origin and Consolidation of Unfree Labor -- PART I The Masters and Their Bondsmen -- 1. Labor Management -- 2. Planters, Pomeshchiki, and Paternalism -- 3. Ideals and Ideology -- PART II The Bondsmen and Their Masters -- 4. Community and Culture -- 5. Patterns of Resistance -- 6. Protest, Unity, and Disunity -- Epilogue: The Crisis of Unfree Labor -- Bibliographical Note -- Notes -- Index.

The American enslavement of blacks and the Russian subjection of serfs flourished in different ways and varying degrees until legally abolished in the mid-19th century. Kolchin compares and contrasts the two systems over time, highlighting their basic similarities while identifying key differences discernible only in comparative perspective.

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Slave labor-Cross-cultural studies.
Slavery-United States-History.
Serfdom-Russia-History.


Electronic books.

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