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Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©2012
Edition
Revised edition, updated with a new preface.
Physical Desc
xxxvi, 298 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"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 Bale's disturbing story of slavery today reaches from brick kilns in Pakistan and brothels in Thailand to the offices of multinational corporations and beyond. The current slaves are not a long-term investment as was true with older forms of slavery, explains Bales. Instead they are cheap, require...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"BLOOD AND EARTH is a gripping account of the deadly link between slavery and environmental destruction. Kevin Bales is a social scientist, human rights activist, and journalist -- and he's also one of the world's leading experts on modern slavery. In his work he began to notice the connection between environmental decline and slavery: the two almost always went hand-in-hand, whether in the hellish gold mines of Ghana or the miraculously beautiful...
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