Slavery by any other name [electronic resource] : African life under company rule in colonial Mozambique / Eric Allina.

By: Allina, EricContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Reconsiderations in southern African historyPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012Description: xiii, 255 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., mapsISBN: 9780813932750 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Companhia de Mocambique -- History | Forced labor -- Mozambique -- History | Labor policy -- Mozambique -- History | Mozambique -- History -- 1891-1975 | Mozambique -- Economic conditions -- To 1975 | Portugal -- Colonies -- Africa -- AdministrationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 331.117309679 LOC classification: HD4875.M85 | A45 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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