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Author:

Allina, Eric.

Title:

Slavery by any other name : African life under company rule in colonial Mozambique / Eric Allina.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiii, 255 pages, [10] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mozambique--History--1891-1975.
Mozambique--Economic conditions--To 1975.
Mozambique--Rural conditions.
Portugal--Administration.--Africa--Administration.
Forced labor--Mozambique--History.
Labor policy--Mozambique--History.
Companhia de Moçambique--History.
Companhia de Moçambique.
Colonies--Administration.
Economic history.
Forced labor.
Labor policy.
Rural conditions.
Mozambique.
Portugal.
Sklaverei.
Kolonialismus.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Arbeitsmarktpolitik.
Moçambique.
Portugal.
Sklaverei.
Kolonialismus.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Arbeitsmarktpolitik.
Moçambique.
Portugal.
To 1975
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.

Contents:

Ending slavery and creating empire in Africa: from the "Indelible stain" to the "light of civilization" -- From law to practice: "certain excesses of severity" -- The critiques and defenses of modern slavery: from without and within, above and below -- Mobility and tactical flight: of workers, chiefs, and villages -- Targeting chiefs: from "fictitious obedience" to "extraordinary political disorder" -- Seniority and subordination: disciplining youth and controlling women's labor -- An "absolute freedom" circumscribed and circumvented: "Employers chosen of their own free will" -- Upward mobility: "improvement of one's social condition" -- Conclusion: forced labor's legacy.

Series:

Reconsiderations in southern African history

ISBN:

0813932750 (e-book)
9780813932750 (e-book)
0813932726 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813932729 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)746712294

LCCN:

2011032979

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)