The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today - Hardcover

Bales, Kevin; Soodalter, Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520255151 ISBN 13: 9780520255159

Verlag: University of California Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Bales Kevin Soodalter Ron

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"An informative call to action ... a humane and helpful primer on how to sever the links that create and hide human bondage."--Publishers Weekly "Anyone wanting a better understanding of the ongoing problem of slavery in the United States--and their own role in perpetuating or eradicating it--should read this book."--California Lawyer "Essential reading for anyone interested in human rights... [The authors] appeal to the reader's sense of justice and compassion."--Foreign Policy In Focus "If you read one book on human trafficking this year, make it The Slave Next Door... Digestible, enjoyable, and ultimately uplifting."--Change.org "With the help of this great book ... we can shift from ignoring this crude reality to [eradicating] this abominable practice."--African Politics Portal

Reseña del editor

In this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern day slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In "The Slave Next Door" we find that slaves are all around us, hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets, the man sweeping the floor of the local department store. In these pages we also meet some unexpected slaveholders, such as a 27-year old middle-class Texas housewife who is currently serving a life sentence for offences including slavery. Weaving together a wealth of voices - from slaves, slaveholders, and traffickers as well as from experts, counselors, law enforcement officers, rescue and support groups, and others - this book is also a call to action, telling what we, as private citizens, can do to finally bring an end to this horrific crime.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0520255151
• ISBN 13: 9780520255159
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320