Allina, Eric.
Slavery by any other name African life under company rule in colonial Mozambique / [electronic resource] : Eric Allina. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - xiii, 255 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps. - Reconsiderations in southern African history . - Reconsiderations in southern African history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Companhia de Mo�cambique--History.
Forced labor--History.--Mozambique
Labor policy--History.--Mozambique
Mozambique--History--1891-1975.
Mozambique--Economic conditions--To 1975.
Portugal--Colonies--Administration.--Africa
Electronic books.
HD4875.M85 / A45 2012eb
331.117309679
Slavery by any other name African life under company rule in colonial Mozambique / [electronic resource] : Eric Allina. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - xiii, 255 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps. - Reconsiderations in southern African history . - Reconsiderations in southern African history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Companhia de Mo�cambique--History.
Forced labor--History.--Mozambique
Labor policy--History.--Mozambique
Mozambique--History--1891-1975.
Mozambique--Economic conditions--To 1975.
Portugal--Colonies--Administration.--Africa
Electronic books.
HD4875.M85 / A45 2012eb
331.117309679