Not for sale : the return of the global slave trade-- and how we can fight it

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Title:

Author:

Batstone, David B., 1958-

ISBN:

9780061206719

Personal Author:

Batstone, David B., 1958-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : HarperSanFrancisco, c2007.

Physical Description:

301 p. ; 21 cm.

General Note:

"Amazing Change Campaign official book"--Cover.

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.

Abstract:

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.

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Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0713/2007296236-d.html

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Today, the human trafficking trade generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of which are children under the age of 18. In this book, David Batstone profiles the new generation of abolitionists who are leading the struggle to end this appalling epidemic.