9780231158497-0231158491-Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia

Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia

ISBN-13: 9780231158497
ISBN-10: 0231158491
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Siddharth Kara
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback 336 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780231158497
ISBN-10: 0231158491
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Siddharth Kara
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback 336 pages

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Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia (ISBN-13: 9780231158497 and ISBN-10: 0231158491), written by authors Siddharth Kara, was published by Columbia University Press in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Business Ethics (Management & Leadership, Human Resources, India, Asian History, Business Culture) books. You can easily purchase or rent Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Business Ethics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Siddharth Kara's Sex Trafficking has become a critical resource for its revelations into an unconscionable business, and its detailed analysis of the trade's immense economic benefits and human cost. This volume is Kara's second, explosive study of slavery, this time focusing on the deeply entrenched and wholly unjust system of bonded labor.

Drawing on eleven years of research in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, Kara delves into an ancient and ever-evolving mode of slavery that ensnares roughly six out of every ten slaves in the world and generates profits that exceeded $17.6 billion in 2011. In addition to providing a thorough economic, historical, and legal overview of bonded labor, Kara travels to the far reaches of South Asia, from cyclone-wracked southwestern Bangladesh to the Thar desert on the India-Pakistan border, to uncover the brutish realities of such industries as hand-woven-carpet making, tea and rice farming, construction, brick manufacture, and frozen-shrimp production. He describes the violent enslavement of millions of impoverished men, women, and children who toil in the production of numerous products at minimal cost to the global market. He also follows supply chains directly to Western consumers, vividly connecting regional bonded labor practices to the appetites of the world. Kara's pioneering analysis encompasses human trafficking, child labor, and global security, and he concludes with specific initiatives to eliminate the system of bonded labor from South Asia once and for all.

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