A Historical Guide to World Slavery
Edited by Seymour Drescher and Stanley L. Engerman
Reviews and Awards
"An indispensable guide to the study of slavery and other forms of coerced labor in the broadest geographical and temporal perspectives."--Robert W. Fogel, Walgreen Professor of Population Economics, The University of Chicago
"[T]his guide does what all the best reference works do: it not only reflects the current state of knowledge and understanding but highlights contentious issues and suggests possibilities for further research...This is a guide which will serve students of world slavery very well for many years to come."--Times Literary Supplement