Not for sale : the return of the global slave trade-- and how we can fight it
Title:
Not for sale : the return of the global slave trade-- and how we can fight it
Author:
Batstone, David B., 1958-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : HarperSanFrancisco, [2007]
©2007
Physical Description:
301 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
Human trafficking generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of them children under the age of eighteen. Award-winning journalist David Batstone, whom Bono calls "a heroic character, " profiles the new generation of abolitionists who are leading the struggle to end this appalling epidemic"--P. [4] of cover.
General Note:
"Amazing Change Campaign official book"--Cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: finding slavery in my own backyard -- Shining light into the sexual darkness: Cambodia and Thailand -- Breaking the chains of bonded laborers: South Asia -- Rescuing the child soldiers: Uganda -- Undermining the sex syndicate: Europe -- Sheltering the lost children: Peru -- Building a new Underground Railroad: USA -- Conclusion: ending the slave trade in our time.
ISBN:
9780061206719
Format :
Book
