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Sex trafficking

inside the business of modern slavery
2009
Discusses the author's investigation of the mechanics and economics of the sex trafficking industry in various places, including India, Nepal, Western Europe, Moldova, Thailand, and the United States, and proposes measures that could undermine the profitability of the illegal activity.

Native American industry in contemporary America

2014
An exploration of American Indian business enterprises, discussing gaming, business on and off reservations, successful individuals, and other related topics.

A room of one's own

1991
Explores the reasons why women do not have the same influence, power, and wealth as men do. Meditates on the writer-temperament and explores the need for a woman to have a room of her own and five hundred pounds a year being symbols of the power to think for oneself and contemplate.

Women & public policy

a revolution in progress
1999
Assesses the impact of cultural change on women's roles in American society, discussing public policy as it relates to women in the areas of education, health, equal employment opportunity, economic equity, marriage and divorce, child care, and the criminal justice system.

Winning the race

beyond the crisis in black America
2005
Exposes the true roots of the crisis facing today's African-Americans, revealing that black America's current problems are a result of an unintended by-product of the civil rights movement, and offering a practical method for solving the current crisis and moving forward.

from colony to democracy

Considering Brazil's development
2004

Our aging society

paradox and promise
1986

Freedom bound

a history of America's civil rights movement
1991
Chronicles the history of the Civil Rights movement from its rise in the 1950s through the 1970s, discussing the protests, legislation, advances, and setbacks experienced by African-Americans in their quest for equality.

On the rim of Mexico

encounters of the rich and poor
1998
Discusses the economics, events, and customs that have shaped the history of the border between Mexico and the United States, and addresses many of the issues that surround the region.

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