Research Catalog

Title

This immoral trade : slavery in the 21st century / Caroline Cox, with Lydia Tanner and Mal Egner.

Author

Cox, Caroline, 1937-

Publication

Oxford, UK : Monarch Books, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Tanner, Lydia
• Egner, Mal

Description

216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 22 cm

Summary

"Slavery remains rampant worldwide. At least 27 million men, women, and children are enslaved today, ranging from prostitutes in London to indentured workers in Burma. This book tells some of their stories. "The statistics of modern day slavery are shocking, " writes Baroness Cox. "Behind each statistic is a human being - a man, woman, or child; and behind each human being is a family and a community which have been devastated or destroyed. As real-life experiences often speak louder than words, we introduce some of the hundreds of former slaves we have met personally." The picture is changing rapidly: there are grounds for optimism, but also fresh concern. This popularly written but carefully researched volume has been fully updated for this new edition. It includes chapters on the causes of slavery, on the history of the practice, on different forms of contemporary slavery and truly shocking case studies from Sudan, Burma, Uganda, Indonesia, and the UK. Dr Lydia Tanner contributes a new chapter on human trafficking, and Mal Egner provides a chapter on the conditions endured by the Dalits of India. Former slave and South Sudanese Olympic athlete, Guor Marial, writes the foreword." --Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Slavery in the 21st century

Subject

• Slavery > History > 21st century
• Slavery > 21st century
• Human trafficking > 21st century
• Child trafficking > 21st century

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Previous edition: 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

William Wilberforce : a mission not yet complete -- Introduction : shatter the silence -- Let the slaves of Sudan and south Sudan speak -- Let the abducted children of northern Uganda speak -- Let the sex slaves, forced porters, and child soldiers of Burma speak -- Slavery through the ages -- Human trafficking : the return of the global trade in people -- When untouchables become touchable : Dalit trafficking and slavery : India's dark secret -- Contemporary slavery : variations on the theme -- Breaking the bonds.

ISBN

• 9780857214447 (pbk.)
• 0857214446 (pbk.)
• 9780857214553 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 0857214551 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

858656436

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library