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Modern slavery : a global perspective /

Siddharth Kara is a tireless chronicler of the human cost of slavery around the world. He has documented the realities of human trafficking and forced labor in order to reveal the degrading and dehumanizing system that strips people of their dignity for the sake of profit, and to link the suffering...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kara, Siddharth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Human trafficking.
Prostitution.
Slavery.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Slavery and human trafficking: an overview
  • Sex trafficking : the case of Nigeria
  • Labor trafficking : slavery at your dining table
  • Organ trafficking : sold for parts
  • Technology and human trafficking : friend and foe
  • Debt bondage : beyond South Asia
  • Global supply chains : blood and the sea
  • A framework to eradicate slavery
  • Appendix A: Global slavery metrics
  • Appendix B: Select slavery economics
  • Appendix C: Sample research questionnaire
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.