Disposable People : New Slavery in the Global Economy,9780520217973

Disposable People : New Slavery in the Global Economy

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ISBN13: 9780520217973
ISBN10: 0520217977
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-04-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Kevin Bales is director of Free the Slaves, Washington DC, and professor of sociology at the University of Surrey Roehampton, England.

Table of Contents

photographs follow page 154
1. The New Slavery
1(33)
2. Thailand: Because She Looks Like a Child
34(46)
3. Mauritania: Old Times There Are Not Forgotten
80(41)
4. Brazil: Life on the Edge
121(28)
5. Pakistan: When Is a Slave Not a Slave?
149(46)
6. India: The Ploughman's Lunch
195(37)
7. What Can Be Done:
232(31)
Coda: Five Things You Can Do to Stop Slavery 263(2)
Appendix 1: A Note on Research Methods 265(10)
Appendix 2: Excerpts from International Conventions on Slavery 275(4)
Notes 279(10)
Acknowledgments 289(2)
Index 291

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