Speaking of Slavery: Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy by Steven A. Epstein (Author)

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Speaking of Slavery: Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy by Steven A. Epstein (Author)ISBN: 9780801438486 Publisher : Cornell University Press, January 18, 2001 Paperback, 234 pages In this highly original work, Steven A. Epstein shows that the ways Italians employ words and think about race and labor are profoundly affected by the language used in medieval Italy to sustain a system of slavery. The author's findings about the surprising persistence of the "language of slavery" demonstrate the difficulty of escaping the legacy of a

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