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Allina-Pisano, Eric.

Slavery by any other name : African life under company rule in colonial Mozambique / Eric Allina. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - xiii, 255 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - 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.

ISBN: 9780813932729 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813932726 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813932750 (ebook) 0813932750 (ebook)

LCCN: 2011032979

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Companhia de Moçambique--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Forced labor--History.--Mozambique
Labor policy--History.--Mozambique

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mozambique--History--1891-1975.
Mozambique--Economic conditions--To 1975.
Portugal--Colonies--Administration.--Africa

LC Class. No.: HD4875.M85 / A45 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 331.117309679