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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy Book

The horror of slavery, says Kevin Bales, is "not confined to history." It is not only possible that slave labour is responsible for the shoes on your feet or your daily consumption of sugar, he writes; the products of their forced labour filter even more quietly into a broad portion of daily Western life: "They made the bricks for the factory that made the TV you watch. In Brazil, slaves made the charcoal that tempered the steel that made the springs in your car and the blade on your lawnmower ... Slaves keep your costs low and returns on your investments high". The exhaustive research Disposable People shows that at least 27 million people are currently enslaved around the world. Bales, considered the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery, reveals the historical and economic conditions behind this resurgence. From Thailand, Mauritania, Brazil, Pakistan and India, Bales has gathered stories of people in unthinkable conditions, kept in bondage to support their owners' lives. Bales insists that even a small effort from a large number of people could end slavery and he devotes a large chapter to explaining the practical means by which this might be accomplished. "Are we willing to live in a world with slaves?" he asks. As a sign of his commitment, all his royalties from Disposable People will go toward the fight against slavery. --Maria Dolan, Amazon.comRead More

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  • ASDA

    Slavery is illegal throughout the world yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. This title presents a story of contemporary slavery that reaches from Pakistan's brick kilns and Thailand's brothels to various multinational corporations.

  • Blackwell

    An investigation of several countries that reveals the tragic emergence of a new slavery intricately linked to the global economy. This revised edition contains a new Preface. Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty...

  • 0520243846
  • 9780520243842
  • K Bales
  • 12 November 2004
  • University of California Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 324
  • Revised edition
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