The abolition of Russian serfdom in 1861 and American slavery in 1865 transformed both nations as Russian peasants and African Americans gained new rights as su

The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.

The collection consists of four parts: Part I presents three non-technical essays on economic development and economic systems. Four out of five essays in Part

Kolchin compares the world of masters and the world of slaves in U.S. and Russian nonfree labor systems. He theorizes that while southern states in the U.S. exi

“This scathingly funny comedy of manners” by the rediscovered female Russian novelist “will deeply satisfy fans of 19th-century Russian literature” (Pub