Slavery

Associated Documents (23)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Sheils, Howard DeanA comparative study of human sacrifice
Pryor, Frederic L.A comparative study of slave societies
De Leeuwe, J.Society system and sexual life
Bacon, Margaret K.A cross-cultural study of drinking: ii. relations to other features of culture
Aberle, David F.Matrilineal descent in cross-cultural perspective
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.Administrative rationality, social setting, and organizational development
Baks, C.Slavery as a system of production in tribal society
Greenbaum, LenoraSocietal correlates of possession trance in sub-saharan africa
McArdle, Joan L.Respect for the elderly in preindustrial societies as related to their activity
Nieboer, H. J. Slavery as an industrial system
Prescott, James W.Body pleasure and the origins of violence
Hobhouse, L. T.The material culture and social institutions of the simpler peoples: an essay in correlation
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: Zelman's gender data revisited
Bourguignon, ErikaDiversity and homogeneity in world societies
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Pryor, Frederic L.The origins of the economy: a comparative study of distribution in primitive and peasant economies
Hrnčíř, VáclavArchaeology of slavery from cross-cultural perspective
Textor, Robert B. A Cross-Cultural Summary: Marital Residence
Bourguignon, ErikaA cross-cultural study of dissociational states
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCross-Cultural Correlates of the Ownership of Private Property: Two Samples of Murdock's Data
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCross-Cultural Correlates of the Ownership of Private Property
Whatley, WarrenHow the international slave trade underdeveloped Africa
Surowiec, AlexandraA worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Associated Hypotheses (44)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Sheils, Howard DeanAdvanced agriculture will be positively associated with corvee labor, slavery, and/or craft division of labor (253).
Sheils, Howard DeanIntensive forms of labor organization will be correlated with corvee labor and slavery (254)
Sheils, Howard DeanCraft specialization division of labor, slavery, and corvee labor will be positively associated with human sacrifice (255)
Pryor, Frederic L.Wives' higher labor relative to husbands' and political concentration will be associated with the presence of slaves owned as economic capital (p. 34).
Pryor, Frederic L.Polygyny will be associated with the presence of slaves owned as social capital (p. 33).
De Leeuwe, J.Societies with less developed subsistence activities (hunting, fishing, or a combination of both) have no significant stratification among freemen and no slavery proportionally more often (4)
De Leeuwe, J.Stratification and slavery occur more often in societies where cereal grains, animal husbandry and agriculture are important than in societies where they are not (6)
Bacon, Margaret K."A high frequency of ceremonial drinking tends to occur in societies with a higher level of political integration and social stratification, a more densely populated settlement pattern and slavery" (40)
Aberle, David F.". . . high stratification of freeman is associated with hereditary slavery, and low stratification with the absence of slavery" (694)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.Rational organization is negatively associated with hereditary stratification, hereditary political succession, slavery, and centralized government (306)
Baks, C."Social stratification amongst the free members of the community is a prerequisite for the occurrence of slavery" (100)
Baks, C."A situation of open resources is a factor contributing towards the occurrence of slavery" (107)
Greenbaum, LenoraSocieties with slavery and/or stratification will be more likely to have possession trance (50).
McArdle, Joan L.In societies without slavery, there is an association between respect for the elderly and their socially valued activities (320).
Bourguignon, ErikaPresence of slavery will vary according to world region (47).
Nieboer, H. J. "Slavery as an industrial system only exists where there is still free land . . . and where subsistence is [not] dependent upon capital. . . . Only among people with open resources can slavery and serfdom exist" (387, 389)
Prescott, James W.". . . societies which inflect pain and discomfort upon their infants tend to neglect them . . . [and are] more likely to practice slavery, polygamy, [have aggressive gods, and attribute inferior status to women]" (12)
Prescott, James W.In societies where premarital sex is strongly punished, community size is larger, slavery is present, societal complexity is high, personl crime is high, class stratification is high, incidence of theft is high, extramarital sex is punished, wives are purchased, castration anxiety is high, bellicosity is extreme, sex disability is high, killing, torturing and mutilating the enemy is high, narcissism is high, exhibitionistic dancing is emphasized, there are small extended families, longer pos...
Hobhouse, L. T."The increase [in serfs or slaves] is quite uniform from [economic] grade to grade" (236)
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterZelman's (1974), Simmons's (1937), Swanson's (1960/1966), and Murdock's (1967) measures of property will cross-correlate (i.e. be replicable).
Frederic L. PryorInstitutions of property and distribution among foragers will be associated with economic development in varying ways (41).
Frederic L. PryorForaging groups with lower levels of economic development (Classic and transitional foragers) can be identified with certain property and distribution characteristics (42).
Frederic L. PryorForaging groups with middling levels of economic development (Human-Wealth-Oriented and Intangible-Wealth-Oriented societies) can be identified by certain property and distribution characteristics.
Frederic L. PryorForaging societies with high levels of economic development (Politically-Oriented and Physical-Wealth-Oriented societies) can be identified by certain property and distribution characteristics (44).
Frederic L. PryorSocial differentiation will be positively associated with other types of inequality among different types of foraging economies. (52)
Frederic L. PryorDependence on agriculture for subsistence will be positively associated with various forms of socioeconomic competition. (75)
Frederic L. PryorSocieties depending on agriculture for primary subsistence can be divided into distinct economic groups based on significant positive associations with varying institutions of property and distribution. (102)
Pryor, Frederic L.The emergence of slavery is an inevitable stage of societal development (222).
Pryor, Frederic L.The presence of slavery is correlated to the occurrence of "open resources" (247).
Hrnčíř, VáclavSlavery will be correlated with many social features (see variable list)
Hrnčíř, VáclavSlavery will be associated with lower permeability of communities (a measure of more warfare) among nonpastoralist societies
Hrnčíř, VáclavSlavery will vary by type of subsistence
Hrnčíř, VáclavThere will be an association between slavery and a higher resource base
Hrnčíř, VáclavThere will be a positive association between slavery and metalworking
Hrnčíř, VáclavThere will be a positive association between slavery and mining/quarrying, smelting, or metalworking.
Hrnčíř, VáclavThere will be a relationship between slavery and social complexity
Hrnčíř, VáclavSlavery will be related to metalworking, polygyny, warfare, and stratification even when the variables are considered together
Textor, Robert B. Societies where slavery is present will tend to have marital residence that is avunculocal over matrilocal (212, 110).
Bourguignon, ErikaTrance types will be associated with societal characteristics (47-68).
Surowiec, AlexandraMatriliny / matrilocality is associated with the absence of economic inequality.
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCertain characteristics of societies will be significantly correlated in the same direction in both of Murdock's data sets.
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCertain characteristics of societies will be significantly correlated in the same direction with both Simmons' (137) and Murdock's (1967) measures of private property ownership.
Whatley, WarrenIn East Africa, proximity to an international slave port predicts a greater probability that a society will be organized around preservation of intergenerational slave wealth in nuclear-polygynous families, independent of political institutions.
Whatley, WarrenIn West Africa, proximity to an international slave port predicts a greater probability that a society will be organized around preservation of slave wealth in nuclear polygynous families under inherited local political aristocracies.

Associated OCMs

  1. status, role, and prestige
  2. slavery