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This immoral trade: slavery in the 21st century / Caroline Cox and John Marks. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford: Monarch, (c)2006.Description: 175 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (chiefly color)., maps, color portraits; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781854247650
  • 9780825461316
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT867.C877.T457 2006
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Contents:
Modern slavery : the voices of today's slaves. Let the slaves of Sudan speak -- Let the abducted children of Uganda speak -- Let the sex slaves, forced porters and child soldiers of Burma speak -- Slavery past and present. What is slavery? definitions, distinctions, and international conventions -- Slavery through the ages -- Contemporary slavery -- variations on the theme -- Causes and justifications of modern slavery -- Breaking the bonds.
Subject: This popularly written but carefully researched volume includes chapters on the causes of slavery, on the history of the practice, on different forms of contemporary slavery, and on the Christian roots of the anti-slavery movement; and three shocking case studies from Sudan, Burma and Uganda.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction HT867.C877.T457 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001238597

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Modern slavery : the voices of today's slaves. Let the slaves of Sudan speak -- Let the abducted children of Uganda speak -- Let the sex slaves, forced porters and child soldiers of Burma speak -- Slavery past and present. What is slavery? definitions, distinctions, and international conventions -- Slavery through the ages -- Contemporary slavery -- variations on the theme -- Causes and justifications of modern slavery -- Breaking the bonds.

This popularly written but carefully researched volume includes chapters on the causes of slavery, on the history of the practice, on different forms of contemporary slavery, and on the Christian roots of the anti-slavery movement; and three shocking case studies from Sudan, Burma and Uganda.

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