This issue sheds new light on the role of Native American slavery in the development of colonial economies and in shaping the colonial world across cultural and political boundaries. Though enslavement took various forms—from outright chattel to limited-term servitude—indigenous slavery was ubiquitous in the major colonial empires by the late seventeenth century. Focusing on five examples of Native American slavery in the early modern period; the contributors present important new frames for scholarship in this growing area of study. Articles address an early Spanish abolition campaign; buccaneers’ involvement in the enslavement of Maya groups; native slaves in the early plantation economy of Barbados; the enslavement of indigenous surrenderers after King Philip’s War; and the interactions between French explorers and indigenous slaves in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Contributors. Carolyn Arena; Arne Bialuschewski; Linford D. Fisher; George Edward Milne; Andrés Reséndez
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy mmmayshelpful for class0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. so if you found this book by academic means and are looking for a good perspective and addition to World Systems theoryBy PWLA very solid overview of world-systems. Wallerstein is a leading theorist in this area; so if you found this book by academic means and are looking for a good perspective and addition to World Systems theory; you should read this book.52 of 54 people found the following review helpful. System Analysis Lives!By Retired ReaderWhen Robert Strange McNamara became Secretary of Defense in 1961; one of the innovative ideas that he introduced was an analytic methodology called `Systems Analysis' which was then in vogue in private industry. The Pentagon then spent the next decade trying to figure out what Systems Analysis was and how it could apply to military issues. Systems Analysis in point of fact is a very useful analytic tool that recognizes that problems are best solved when viewed not in isolation; but as part of a larger integrated whole. While this is a perfectly valid analytic methodology; it fell out of favor as a management tool once it became apparent it was not a solution to bad management styles ( such as those of McNamara himself).Yet while Systems Analysis was enjoying its moment in the Sun; academic scholars from every discipline tried to adapt Systems Analysis to their particular discipline. Which brings us to Immanuel Wallerstein and his book "World Systems Analysis." Wallerstein has postulated that a world wide system could be described as a "Capitalist World Economy" and that system could be analyzed in accordance with the principles of systems analysis. Several things need to be noted at this point. First; `Capitalist World Economy' is in itself not a pejorative term; but simply describes a very specific kind of economic system. Second this term which Wallerstein insists on using really is more widely known under the rubric of "Globalization" which indeed can be studied by means of systems analysis. To his great credit Wallerstein has spent the last thirty years studying and refining the application of systems analysis methodology to worldwide problems. While he is clearly influenced by the works of Karl Marx ( and probably George Hegel as well); this does not negate his basic premise that the world can be understood best in terms of world wide systems that can indeed be subjected rigorous analysis. A good and accessible book that provides an alternative way of looking at the phenomena associated with Globalization.
