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Author Zdanowski, Jerzy, 1949- author.

Title Speaking with their own voices : the stories of slaves in the Persian Gulf in the 20th century / by Jerzy Zdanowski.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary This book presents an analysis of the slavery and manumission practiced in the Persian Gulf region in the first half of the 20th century. It is unique as it exposes the life stories of several hundred slaves, speaking with their own voices. A striking aspect of the majority of studies on slavery is that they provide the reader with excellent statistics and describe the mechanism of enslavement, the routes of slave trading, and the economic and social conditions of enslaved people, but slaves ...
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject Enslaved persons -- Persian Gulf Region -- History -- 20th century.
Enslaved persons.
Persian Gulf Region.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Enslaved persons -- Persian Gulf Region -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Middle Eastern history.
Social & cultural history.
Slavery & abolition of slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Enslaved persons -- Social conditions.
Persian Gulf Region.
Golfstaaten.
Society.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Zdanowski, Jerzy. Speaking with their own voices 1443858846 (OCoLC)880913321
ISBN 9781443861632 (electronic book)
1443861634 (electronic book)
1306875854 (e-book)
9781306875851 (e-book)
1443858846
9781443858847