Understanding Global Slavery by Kevin Bales

Understanding Global Slavery by Kevin Bales

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Examines slavery's historical roots to illuminate today's puzzles. The author explores our basic ideas about what slavery is and how the phenomenon fits into our moral, political, and economic worlds. He asks how we can study and measure this mostly hidden crime. Throughout, he emphasizes that to end global slavery, we must first understand it.

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Understanding Global Slavery by Kevin Bales

Examines slavery's historical roots to illuminate today's puzzles. The author explores our basic ideas about what slavery is and how the phenomenon fits into our moral, political, and economic worlds. He asks how we can study and measure this mostly hidden crime. Throughout, he emphasizes that to end global slavery, we must first understand it.
Kevin Bales is Co-Founder of Free the Slaves, Washington DC, and Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the WIlberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull. He is the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery.
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ISBN 13 9780520245075
ISBN 10 0520245075
Title Understanding Global Slavery
Author Kevin Bales
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 2005-11-07
Number of pages 222
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