In her new book; well-known Africanist Suzanne Miers places modern slavery in its historical context; tracing the phenomenal development of the international anti-slavery movement over the last hundred years. She demonstrates how the problems of eradication seem greater and more intractable today than they had ever been; showing how slavery has expanded to include newer forms from 1919 to 2000; some of them crueler than the chattel slavery so familiar to the public mind. Miers describes the targets of ongoing anti-slavery campaigns; including forced labor; forced prostitution; forced marriage; the exploitation of child labor and of migrant and contract labor. She centers her story on Great Britain's efforts to suppress the slave trade since the late eighteenth century; and draws upon her extensive work in Africa; where slavery has attracted the greatest humanitarian and international attention. This book is a valuable resource for those interested in world history; slavery; race and ethnic history; international human rights; and labor in the world economy.
#12064844 in Books Ashgate Pub Co 2006-07-28Original language:English 9.21 x .63 x 6.14l; 1.10 #File Name: 0754644812252 pages
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