Slavery Today - Brossura

Bales, Kevin; Cornell, Becky

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0888997736 ISBN 13: 9780888997739

Casa editrice: Groundwood Books, 2008

Riassunto

Offers a shocking look at the pervasive existence of working slaves in the modern-day world, examining the men, women, and children forced to work in underpaid or unpaid jobs ranging from agriculture to prostitution, the poverty and brutality of their existence, the impact of globalization on slavery, and potential solutions to the crisis. Simultaneous.

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Forced to work in back-breaking, under- or unpaid jobs from agricultural work to prostitution, slaves today -- men and women, old and young -- are trapped in the same spiral of brutality and control they have endured for centuries, with one crucial difference: a collapse in the price of human beings. Globalization, governmental corruption, and the population explosion have thrust billions of people into the pool of potential slaves. This huge surplus of impoverished people has pushed the human price tag to only $100, the cost of a pair of "designer" jeans. This means that it's worse to be a slave today than ever before. "Slavery Today" traces the "products" created by this inhuman system from the jungle and farm through the global markets and into our lives and homes. It addresses the controversies over prostitution and the buying back of slaves while presenting solutions and ways readers can get involved in the growing global anti-slavery movement.

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• Editore: Groundwood Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0888997736
• ISBN 13: 9780888997739
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 141