Modern Slavery: The Secret World of 27 Million People - Brossura

Bales, Kevin; Trodd, Zoe; Williamson, Alex Kent

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ISBN 10: 185168641X ISBN 13: 9781851686414

Casa editrice: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

There are 27 million slaves alive today, more than at any point in history, and more than were stolen from Africa during four centuries of the transatlantic slave trade. Written by the world’s leading experts, this shocking and powerful examination combines original research with first-hand stories from the slaves themselves to provide a reliable account of one of the worst humanitarian crises facing us today. Conservative estimates place the number of slaves living in the US right now at 40,000 with 17,000 individuals being trafficked a year. Around half of these will be forced into the sex industry while others labour in plain sight in hotels and restaurants. Only a few slaves are reached and freed each year, but the authors offer hope for the future with a global blueprint that proposes to end slavery in our lifetime. Kevin Bales is president of Free the Slaves and advisor to the UN and the US and British governments. He lives in Takoma Park, MD. Zoe Trodd teaches in the history and literature department at Harvard University. Dr. Alex Kent Williamson works at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard University.

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Recensione:

"Modern Slavery is the most riveting exposee I've read in recent years and should forever redfine the phase "economic injustice." --Barbara Ehrenreich, award-winning journalist and bestselling author, whose books include 'Nickel and Dimed' and 'Global Woman'

"A dazzling work of scholarship and protest, a clarion call that will, like the abolitionist literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, awaken people to the dehumanizing effects of global capitalism. Bales, Trodd, and Williamson are leading the way in the effort to end modern slavery." --John Stauffer, award-winning author and one of the world's leading scholars of antislavery movements

L'autore:

Kevin Bales ispresident of Free the Salves and advisor to the UN and the US and British governments. He is the author of the award-winning 'Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy', and 'Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves'. Zoe Trodd teaches in the history and literature department at Harvard University. Her books include 'American Protest Literature' and 'To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today's Slaves'. Alex Kent Williamson, of Harvard University, is a board-certified pathologist specializing in pediatric and forensic pathology. He is a member of Physicians for Human Rights.

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• Editore: Oneworld Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 185168641X
• ISBN 13: 9781851686414
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224