最近数十年間における奴隷制研究の精華を精選収録。間大西洋奴隷貿易、アフリカやインドの奴隷制、奴隷の文化、経済、抵抗、そして、家族、ジェンダー、コミュニティ、奴隷解放運動、奴隷解放の遺産といった時代も地域も多様な主題を網羅。Serious research in and around the history - and contemporary reality - of slavery is very wide-ranging, and flourishes as never before. This new four-volume collection from Routledge's acclaimed series, Critical Concepts in Historical Studies, meets the need for a reference work to help users make sense of the subject’s vast and dispersed literature, and the continuing explosion in research output.