Laboring Women by Jennifer L Morgan
How childbearing among enslaved women became commodified-and was exploited by slaveowners as well as slaves.
"Morgan's remarkably lucid treatment of the role of gender in constructing racial ideologies and in justifying the economic system of slavery should make such complex themes accessible to advanced undergraduatesHer book succeeds in highlighting the importance of African women in determining the shape of the slave system in the New World, as well as the ways in which the system shaped the experiences of African women. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *
"The author of this study has made a major contribution . . . by looking specifically at the issue of gender as a lens through which better to understand the establishment of race-based slavery in Britain's colonies in the Caribbean and North America." * The Historian *
"The author of this study has made a major contribution . . . by looking specifically at the issue of gender as a lens through which better to understand the establishment of race-based slavery in Britain's colonies in the Caribbean and North America." * The Historian *
Jennifer L. Morgan teaches history and women's and gender studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780812218732 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812218736 |
| Title | Laboring Women |
| Author | Jennifer L Morgan |
| Series | Early American Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Year published | 2004-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |