Slavery in the Islamic World
Fay, Mary Ann![Slavery in the Islamic World](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/327/32708282/CHSBZCOP0332708282.jpg)
This edited volume determines where slavery in the Islamic world fits within the global history of slavery and the various models that have been developed to analyze it. To that end, the authors focus on a question about Islamic slavery that has frequently been asked but not answered satisfactorily, namely, what is Islamic about slavery in the Islamic world. Through the fields of history, sociology, literature, women's studies, African studies...