Instituições Nefandas: o fim da escravidão e da servidão no Brasil, nos Estados Unidos e na Rússia

This book, written in Portuguese, addresses the process of abolishing slavery and serfdom in Brazil, the United States, and Russia. The essays examine a range of topics, including the relationship between intellectuals and the State, gender issues, literature, abolitionism, and the illegality of the slave trade. In addition to the editors, contributors are Ira Berlin, Seymour Drescher, Wlamyra Albuquerque, Alessandro Stanziani, Maria Helena Machado, Eduardo Silva, Hebe Mattos, Peter Kolchin, Ricardo Salles, Ana Carolina Huguenin Pereira, Daryle Williams, Claudio Sergio Ingerflom, Mário Ramos Francisco Júnior, Andrey Medushevsky and Cláudia Santos.