1.
Chevaleyre, Claude
Domestic Law and Slavery in Late Imperial China. Glimpses from Lineage Registers Journal Article
In: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , vol. 81, iss. 1-2, pp. 39-65 , 2022.
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2.
Kaarsholm, Preben
From Abolition of the Slave Trade to Protection of Immigrants: Danish Colonialism, German Missionaries, and the Development of Ideas of Humanitarian Governance from the Early Eighteenth to the Nineteenth Century Journal Article
In: Atlantic Studies, vol. 17, iss. 3, pp. 348-374, 2020.
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3.
Campbell, Gwyn; Stanziani, Alessandro (Ed.)
The Palgrave Handbook of Human Rights and Bondage in the Indian Ocean and Africa Collection
2020.
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4.
Schiel, Juliane
The Ragusan “Maids-of-all-Work”. Shifting Labor Relations in the Late Medieval Adriatic Sea Region Journal Article
In: Journal of Global Slavery, vol. 5, iss. 2, 2020.
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5.
Stanziani, Alessandro
Labor on the Fringes of Empire. Voice, Exit and the Law Book
2018.
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6.
Chevaleyre, Claude
Under Pressure and out of Respect for Human Dignity: the 1910 Chinese Abolition Book Chapter
In: Cottias, Myriam; Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne (Ed.): Distant Ripples of The British Abolintionist Wave: Africa, Asia and the Americas, 2017.
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7.
Stanziani, Alessandro
Bondage: Labor and Rights in Eurasia from the Sixteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries. Book
2014.
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8.
Chevaleyre, Claude
Acting As Master and Bondservant: Considerations on Status, Identities and the Nature of “Bond-Servitude” in Late Ming China Book Chapter
In: Stanziani, Alessandro (Ed.): 2013.
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2022
Chevaleyre, Claude
Domestic Law and Slavery in Late Imperial China. Glimpses from Lineage Registers Journal Article
In: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , vol. 81, iss. 1-2, pp. 39-65 , 2022.
Abstract | Tags: bonded labour, china, dependency, slavery
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2020
Kaarsholm, Preben
From Abolition of the Slave Trade to Protection of Immigrants: Danish Colonialism, German Missionaries, and the Development of Ideas of Humanitarian Governance from the Early Eighteenth to the Nineteenth Century Journal Article
In: Atlantic Studies, vol. 17, iss. 3, pp. 348-374, 2020.
Abstract | Tags: 19th century, abolition, atlanic, bonded labour, denmark, early modern history, humanitarianism, indian ocean, slavery
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Campbell, Gwyn; Stanziani, Alessandro (Ed.)
The Palgrave Handbook of Human Rights and Bondage in the Indian Ocean and Africa Collection
2020.
Abstract | Tags: africa, bonded labour, forced labour, humanitarianism, indian ocean, longue duree
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Schiel, Juliane
The Ragusan “Maids-of-all-Work”. Shifting Labor Relations in the Late Medieval Adriatic Sea Region Journal Article
In: Journal of Global Slavery, vol. 5, iss. 2, 2020.
Abstract | Tags: bonded labour, labour markets, medieval history, mediterranean, service, sla
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2018
Stanziani, Alessandro
Labor on the Fringes of Empire. Voice, Exit and the Law Book
2018.
Abstract | Tags: abolition, africa, bonded labour, india, indian ocean, slavery
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2017
Chevaleyre, Claude
Under Pressure and out of Respect for Human Dignity: the 1910 Chinese Abolition Book Chapter
In: Cottias, Myriam; Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne (Ed.): Distant Ripples of The British Abolintionist Wave: Africa, Asia and the Americas, 2017.
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2014
Stanziani, Alessandro
Bondage: Labor and Rights in Eurasia from the Sixteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries. Book
2014.
Abstract | Tags: abolition, bonded labour, central asia, europe, indian ocean, intendured labour, longue duree, russia, slavery
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2013
Chevaleyre, Claude
Acting As Master and Bondservant: Considerations on Status, Identities and the Nature of “Bond-Servitude” in Late Ming China Book Chapter
In: Stanziani, Alessandro (Ed.): 2013.
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