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Chapter Summary Of Slavery By Eric Tagliacozzo
Eric Tagliacozzo strengthens the Euro-centric view by focussing on European narratives in the second part of the book. He analyzes the resources varying from written observation of the Hajj to a non-fiction book. Chapter six is a crucial important section of this book because it illuminates the strategies that Europeans used to stay in power. According to Tagliacozzo, “the very act of conquering the rest of the world with state of-the-are technologies, the West also laid down some of the preconditions necessary for a number of diseases to spiral out of control” (page 133). He further argues in this chapter that European powers sought to manage the Hajj through epidemiological survival.
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