ISBN-13: 9780582291850 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 368 str.
ISBN-13: 9780582291850 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 368 str.
This social history compares the two forms of legal servitude (serfdom and slavery) in cultures in Western civilization, in Europe and the New World from ancient times to the modern period. The text illuminates the history of servitude, seeking to explain why it should develop or disappear.