L’esclavage pour dettes en Asie orientale

In Southeast Asia, debt bondage has generally been regarded as lawful. This article first emphasizes the methodological necessity to distinguish between several forms of debt bondage and stresses the specific character of true slavery. It then examines slavery as a whole in both traditional kingdoms...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alain Testart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2001-07-01
Series:Moussons
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/moussons/4056