Disposable people: new slavery in the global economy
Kevin Bales
Disposable people: new slavery in the global economy - Berkeley, California: USA Berkeley, CA 2012
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.
9780520951389
Societies Social groups Society History Slavery
306.3'62
Disposable people: new slavery in the global economy - Berkeley, California: USA Berkeley, CA 2012
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.
9780520951389
Societies Social groups Society History Slavery
306.3'62