Written by the world's leading experts and campaigners, Modern Slavery: A Beginner's Guide blends original research with shocking first-hand accounts from slaves themselves around the world to reveal the truth behind one of the worst humanitarian crises facing us today. Only a handful of slaves are reached and freed each year, but the authors offer hope for the future with a global blueprint that proposes to end slavery in our lifetime All royalties will go to Free the Slaves.
Kevin Bales is president of Free the Slaves and advisor to the UN and US government. He is the author of the award-winning Disposable People and Ending Slavery.
Zoe Trodd is a professor at the University of Nottingham and Alex Kent Williamson is a pathology specialist at Harvard University.
Title: Modern Slavery: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
Author: Williamson, Alex Kent,Trodd, Zoe,Bales, Kevin
ISBN: 9781851688159
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Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Number of Pages: 240
Weight: 0.2495 kg
What is needed is nothing less than a new abolition movement, led by campaigners as determined as Douglass or Wilberforce. This timely and important book is its rallying call.
* The Times *