Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. Kevin Bales's disturbing story of contemporary slavery reaches from Pakistan's brick kilns and Thailand's brothels to various multinational...
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Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. Kevin Bales's disturbing story of contemporary slavery reaches from Pakistan's brick kilns and Thailand's brothels to various multinational corporations. His investigations reveal how the tragic emergence of a "new slavery" is inextricably linked to the global economy. This completely revised edition includes a new preface.All of the author's royalties from this book go to fund antislavery projects around the world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780520243842 (0520243846)
Publish date: November 16th 2004
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages no: 298
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Economics,
Politics,
Sociology,
Social Issues,
Activism,
World History,
Social Movements,
Social Justice
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