Bales, Kevin

"BLOOD AND EARTH is a gripping account of the deadly link between slavery and environmental destruction. Kevin Bales is a social scientist, human rights activist, and journalist -- and he's also one of the world's leading experts on modern slavery. In his work he began to notice the connection between environmental decline and slavery: the two almost always went hand-in-hand, whether in the hellish gold mines of Ghana or the miraculously beautiful mangrove forests of Bangladesh. But why? He set off to find the answer on a fascinating and moving journey that took him into the lives of modern day slaves and along a supply chain that leads directly to the cell phones in our pockets. He found solutions that redeemed both the lives of the slaves in the world's most threatened places and the environments they live in. This is a clear-eyed, inspiring, and profoundly hopeful book that brings us dramatic stories from the world's environmental and human rights hotspots and offers solutions to our most pressing crises"--.

Examines human trafficking and slavery in America and offers suggestions on how private citizens can stop it from occurring.

Explores the struggle to end modern worldwide slavery practices and details the ideas and insights that the author believes can end modern slavery. The author traces his involvement in the anti-slavery movement, and details the real lives of today's slaves.

Discusses how slavery is practiced in the twenty-first century, providing information on how slavery has changed throughout history, why it is still found in the modern world, what governments and activists are doing about it, and other related topics.

Explores a wide range of topics related to global slavery, discussing the slavery hierarchy, the reasons slavery still exists despite the fact it is illegal, the ways it has influenced world history, and other related topics.

Investigates the resurgence of slavery in countries around the world, discussing the nature of the new slavery, and exposing the economic conditions that make slaveholding possible.

Investigates the resurgence of slavery in countries around the world, discussing the nature of the new slavery, and exposing the economic conditions that make slaveholding possible.