| Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves Contributor(s): Bales, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520257960 ISBN-13: 9780520257962 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: In his 1999 book, "Disposable People, "Kevin Bales brought to light the shocking fact of modern slavery and described how, nearly two hundred years after the slave trade was abolished (legal slavery would have to wait another fifty years), global slavery stubbornly persists. In "Ending Slavery, "Bales again grapples with the struggle to end this ancient evil and presents the ideas and insights that can finally lead to slavery's extinction. Recalling his own involvement in the antislavery movement, he recounts a personal journey in search of the solution and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - Political Science | Human Rights - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.7" W x 8.62" (0.80 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his 1999 book, Disposable People, Kevin Bales brought to light the shocking fact of modern slavery and described how, nearly two hundred years after the slave trade was abolished (legal slavery would have to wait another fifty years), global slavery stubbornly persists. In Ending Slavery, Bales again grapples with the struggle to end this ancient evil and presents the ideas and insights that can finally lead to slavery's extinction. Recalling his own involvement in the antislavery movement, he recounts a personal journey in search of the solution and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery. |