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Book

The slave next door : human trafficking and slavery in America today

Call Number

  • 306.362 B184.2 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.

Physical Description

viii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

  • The old slavery and the new
  • House slaves
  • Slaves in the pastures of plenty
  • Supply and demand
  • New business models
  • Eating, wearing, walking and talking slavery
  • Slaves in the neighborhood
  • States of confusion
  • The feds
  • A future without slavery.

Subjects

Added Authors

Ron Soodalter