Race, Sex and Slavery: ‘Forced Labour’ in Central Asia and Afghanistan in the Early 19th Century

The word 'slavery' conjures images of cruelty, racial bigotry and economic exploitation associated with the plantation complex crucial to the Atlantic trading economy from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Yet this was only one manifestation of practices of human bondage. This a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Modern Asian studies Jg. 42; H. 4; S. 629 - 671
1. Verfasser:	HOPKINS, B. D.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2008
Schlagworte:	19th century 20th century Afghanistan Asian history Central Asia Central Asian culture Concubinage Cruelty Domestic service Economic activity Exploitation Females Forced labor Forced prostitution Irrigated farming Islamic law Muslims Nineteenth Century Polygamy Prejudice Race Religions Religious influences Serfdom Sex Sikhism Slave women Slavery Slaves Social function Social history Social Institutions Social roles Victims Central Asia Afghanistan
ISSN:	0026-749X, 1469-8099
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