1st Edition
Profitability and Economic Rationality of Slavery in a Historical Perspective
Introduction
Elena Devecchi and Marcello Valente
Chapter 1
The Foundations of Pro-slavery Thought in the Age of Enlightenment
Patrizia Delpiano
Chapter 2
Slavery, Economy, Nature in 18th Century Debates
Federico Bonansea
Chapter 3
Slavery in the Age of Abolition. Inter-Caribbean Networks and Freedom’s Petitions in 19th Century Cuba
Matilde Flamigni
Chapter 4
Slave Bodies, Slave Roles: Specification and Unfocused Anxiety in Old Babylonian Contexts
Seth Richardson
Chapter 5
Slavery in Kassite Babylonia: Evidence, Scale and Socio-Economic Implications
Elena Devecchi
Chapter 6
Comparative Pricing of Slaves and Other Commodities in Egypt: from the New Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Period (c. 1200–30 BCE)
Ella Karev
Chapter 7
Ancient Slavery and Ancient Economic History: In Search of a Link
Kostas Vlassopoulos
Chapter 8
Female Slavery in Classical Athens: Slaving Strategies and Profitability
Daniela Marchiandi
Chapter 9
Slaves as Fixed Capital in Ancient Greece: An Economic Interpretation of paramone in the Manumission Inscriptions of Delphi
Marcello Valente
Chapter 10
Slave Market in the Roman Republic: Cheap Labor and Luxury Goods
Mattia Balbo
Chapter 11
No Child’s Play: Revaluing Child labour in Roman Slavery Through a Production and Consumption Model
Ulrike Roth
Biography
Elena Devecchi is Associate Professor of History of Ancient Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean at the University of Turin. After earning her PhD at the University of Venice, she held research and teaching positions in Germany, Belgium, and Austria. Her work focuses on international relations in the Late Bronze Age, especially historical and diplomatic texts from Anatolia and Syria, as well as the socio-economic history of Kassite Babylonia.
Marcello Valente is Associate Professor of Greek History at the University of Eastern Piedmont. After earning his PhD at University of Chieti-Pescara, he held research and teaching position at University of Turin. His work focuses on social and economic history of ancient Greece and Greek historiography.
