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New Slavery

A comparison of slavery in modern and ancient times, exploring root causes, remedies, and social implications, and including a list of organizations that exist to combat it. Presents vivid examples drawn from recent cases, from Sudan and India to France and the United States. Includes biographical sketches of modern abolitionists and testimony from real-life slaves.

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  • "A comparison of slavery in modern and ancient times, exploring root causes, remedies, and social implications, and including a list of organizations that exist to combat it. Presents vivid examples drawn from recent cases, from Sudan and India to France and the United States. Includes biographical sketches of modern abolitionists and testimony from real-life slaves."@en
  • "A shocking account of how slavery continues to afflict millions around the world today-from children in the carpet trade in Asia, to immigrants forced into prostitution in Europe, to domestic workers in the United States and other Western countries. Many people assume slavery was eliminated long ago, yet it continues to provide Western countries with such everyday items as chocolate, coffee, and textiles. Over 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery remains widespread, with an estimated 27 million slaves worldwide. This expose is essential reading for all concerned with human rights and labor standards, both at home and overseas.; New Slavery: A Reference Handbook is as scholarly as it is shocking-a gripping account of modern slavery, from Pakistan to Paris, Nepal to New York. From bonded laborers in India and prostitutes in Thailand to illegal domestic workers in Kuwait, Tokyo, and London, this book surveys the grim and violent world of contemporary forced labor, human trafficking, and slavery. More commonly associated with the horrors of 19th-century cotton plantations or Nazi concentration camps, slave labor remains alive and well. Despite antislavery laws in almost every country, slavery today is booming- fueled by poverty, war, organized crime, and globalization. This book is both a serious study and an essential guide for policy makers, human rights lawyers, labor activists, and all those concerned with the ongoing fight against this timeless evil."
  • "An account of how slavery continues to afflict millions around the world. This book is both a serious study and an essential guide for policy makers, human rights lawyers, labor activists, and all those concerned with the ongoing fight against this timeless evil."@en
  • "Examines the forms, controversies, and potential solutions to the issue of contemporary slavery. Offers biographical sketches of abolitionists and data on slavery issues and laws."
  • "In the year 2000, there were some 27 million slaves in the world. This book brings into focus the reality of contemporary slavery with vivid examples drawn from cases ranging from the Sudan and India to France and the United States. Weaving statistical and narrative information, this volume explores the causes of the practice and sketches the organizations that exist to battle it."
  • "A shocking account of how slavery continues to afflict millions around the world today - from children in the carpet trade in Asia, to immigrants forced into prostitution in Europe, to domestic workers in the United States and other Western countries."
  • "A shocking account of how slavery continues to afflict millions around the world today - from children in the carpet trade in Asia, to immigrants forced into prostitution in Europe, to domestic workers in the United States and other Western countries."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"

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  • "New Slavery"@en
  • "New Slavery A Reference Handbook"
  • "New slavery : a reference handbook"@en
  • "New slavery : a reference handbook"
  • "New slavery"
  • "New slavery a reference handbook"@en
  • "New slavery a reference handbook"
  • "The new slavery"@en

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