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Race and slavery in the Middle East : an historical enquiry /

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From the time of Moses up to the 1960s, slavery was a fact of life in the Middle East. But if the Middle East was the last region to renounce slavery, how do we account for its - and especially Islam's - image of racial harmony? This book explores these questions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Slavery > Middle East > History.
Slavery and Islam > Middle East > History.
Race relations > Religious aspects > Islam.
Middle East > Race relations.
Race relations.
Slavery.
Slavery and Islam.
Middle East.
Slavery
Middle East
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:From the time of Moses up to the 1960s, slavery was a fact of life in the Middle East. But if the Middle East was the last region to renounce slavery, how do we account for its - and especially Islam's - image of racial harmony? This book explores these questions.
Item Description:Originally published: 1990.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199854561
0199854564