Preface to the Revised Edition Preface to the 2012 Edition 1. The New Slavery 2. Thailand: Because She Looks Like a Child 3. Mauritania: Old Times There Are Not Forgotten 4. Brazil: Life on the Edge 5. Pakistan: When Is a Slave Not a Slave? 6. India: The Ploughman's Lunch 7. What Can Be Done? Coda: Three Things You Can Do to Stop Slavery Appendix I: A Note on Research Methods Appendix 2: Excerptsfrom International Conventions on Slavery Notes Acknowledgments Index
Kevin Bales is the author of The Slave Next Door and Ending Slavery, both from UC Press. He is also 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.
"Disposable People is an eloquently written plea on behalf of
people who have been neglected in public discourse. Writing in a
readable fashion and providing a gripping account of slaves and
their families around the world, Bales reminds us that modernism
has not reached all of humanity. The new type of slavery teaches us
that although conditions have improved for many millions of people
around the world, there are others who have not experienced any of
the benefits of the global economy. For those millions of people
around the world today, the global economy serves as the yoke that
enslaves them."
*Human Rights Quarterly*
"Kevin Bales has written a fascinating book seeking to re veal the
new slavery and calling for action to eradicate its presence. The
book is at its best when it provides a voice for the stories of
disposable people, and when it calls on the rest of us to live up
to our responsibilities in a global world."
*Labour / Le Travail*
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