Jürgen Osterhammel
Sklaverei und die Zivilisation des Westens.
Munich: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, 2000. Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, Reihe "Themen" Band 70. 72 pages.
Softcover volume, with pictorial covers, measures approximately 5" x 8.25", is in excellent condition. Notation in minute letters appears in upper outside corner of title page. Interior is otherwise clean and bright. Embossed card from the Siemens foundation is laid in. Cover reproduces the 1833 painting by François-Auguste Biard "Esclaves sur la côte ouest africaine."
This is an enlarged version of a speech given at the the Siemens Foundation on February 28, 2000. Jürgen Osterhammel (b. 1952) is a German historian specialized in world history. He was recipient of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts in 2017 and awarded the Balzan Prize for Global History in 2018.