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

By:

Cox, Caroline, 1937-

Contributor(s):

Marks, John, 1934-2012

Publication details: Oxford: Monarch, 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
1854247654
9780825461316
0825461316

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

Additional physical formats: This immoral trade.DDC classification:

306.3620905 22

LOC classification:

HT867 .C69 2006

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references.

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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