Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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Page 361
... slavery must inevitably have an economic rationale . I argue that in South China a system of slavery emerged without an obvious economic foundation ; the slaves were , in fact , expensive luxury items that constituted a net drain on the ...
... slavery must inevitably have an economic rationale . I argue that in South China a system of slavery emerged without an obvious economic foundation ; the slaves were , in fact , expensive luxury items that constituted a net drain on the ...
Page 373
... slaves were usually called mui jai , an ambiguous Cantonese term that literally means " little younger sister . " Mui jai worked as domestic servants in wealthy households ( see Russell 1886 ) , but they were not all " slaves " as ...
... slaves were usually called mui jai , an ambiguous Cantonese term that literally means " little younger sister . " Mui jai worked as domestic servants in wealthy households ( see Russell 1886 ) , but they were not all " slaves " as ...
Page 374
... slavery appeared , it was usually related to broader patterns of exploitation in which slaves also served as primary producers and , in some cases , as administrators or warriors ( Smith 1960 ) . The Chinese pattern was different in ...
... slavery appeared , it was usually related to broader patterns of exploitation in which slaves also served as primary producers and , in some cases , as administrators or warriors ( Smith 1960 ) . The Chinese pattern was different in ...
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Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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