Can I read Race and slavery in the Middle East : an historical enquiry on EtoBox?

Race and slavery in the Middle East : an historical enquiry by Bernard Lewis; Mazal Holocaust Collection is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Race and slavery in the Middle East : an historical enquiry about?

<p><P>From before the days of Moses up through the 1960s, slavery was a fact of life in the Middle East. Pagans, Jews, Christians, and Muslims bought and sold at the slave markets for millennia, trading the human plunder of wars and slave raids that reached from the Russian steppes to the African jungles. But if the Middle East was one of the last regions to renounce slavery, how do we account for its&#151;and especially Islam's&#151;image of racial harmony? How did these long years of slavery affect racial relations? In <b>Race and Slavery in the Middle East</b>, Bernard Lewis explores these questions and others, examining the history of slavery in law, social thought, and practice over the last two millennia.<br> With 24 rare and intriguing full-color illustrations, this fascinating study describes the Middle East's culture of slavery and the evolution of racial prejudice. Lewis demonstrates how nineteenth century Europeans mythologized the region as a racial utopia in debating American slavery. Islam, in fact, clearly teaches non-discrimination, but Lewis shows that prejudice often won out over pious sentiments, as he examines how Africans were treated, depicted, and thought of

Who reads Race and slavery in the Middle East : an historical enquiry?

Author

Bernard Lewis; Mazal Holocaust Collection

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195053265

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Religion, Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (50 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14