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Book SynopsisSlavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. This book points the way to abolishing slavery in global economy. It presents actual slaves, slaveholders, and public officials in well-drawn historical, geographical, and cultural contexts.
Trade Review"
Disposable People is an eloquently written plea on behalf of people who have been neglected in public discourse. Writing in a readable fashion and providing a gripping account of slaves and their families around the world, Bales reminds us that modernism has not reached all of humanity. The new type of slavery teaches us that although conditions have improved for many millions of people around the world, there are others who have not experienced any of the benefits of the global economy. For those millions of people around the world today, the global economy serves as the yoke that enslaves them." * Human Rights Quarterly *
"Kevin Bales has written a fascinating book seeking to re veal the new slavery and calling for action to eradicate its presence. The book is at its best when it provides a voice for the stories of disposable people, and when it calls on the rest of us to live up to our responsibilities in a global world." * Labour / Le Travail *
Table of ContentsPreface to the Revised Edition Preface to the 2012 Edition 1. The New Slavery 2. Thailand: Because She Looks Like a Child 3. Mauritania: Old Times There Are Not Forgotten 4. Brazil: Life on the Edge 5. Pakistan: When Is a Slave Not a Slave? 6. India: The Ploughman's Lunch 7. What Can Be Done? Coda: Three Things You Can Do to Stop Slavery Appendix I: A Note on Research Methods Appendix 2: Excerptsfrom International Conventions on Slavery Notes Acknowledgments Index
