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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Bales, Kevin.     Subjects     Slavery -- Economic aspects -- History.     Slave labor -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries.     Slave labor -- History.     Environmental degradation -- Developing countries.     Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Bangladesh -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Ghana -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Brazil -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bales, Kevin.       by title:      Blood and earth : mo...       by call number:      306.362 B184b     Search the Web     Bales, Kevin.     Slavery -- Economic aspects -- History.     Slave labor -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries.     Slave labor -- History.     Environmental degradation -- Developing countries.     Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Bangladesh -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Ghana -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Brazil -- Social conditions -- 21st century.       MARC Display

Blood and earth : modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world / Kevin Bales. by Bales, Kevin. Spiegel & Grau, 2016. Call #: 306.362 B184b Subjects Slavery -- Economic aspects -- History.   Slave labor -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries.   Slave labor -- History.   Environmental degradation -- Developing countries.   Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Bangladesh -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Ghana -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Brazil -- Social conditions -- 21st century. ISBN:  9780812995763 (hc.) 0812995767 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Secrets -- Under the volcano -- The city of rags -- Shrimp cocktail -- The runaway train -- Gold rings -- The massacre of memory -- As with trees, so with men -- We've all got a part of the answer -- You can't un-know what you know -- Appendix: Organizations working in Eastern Congo. Summary:  The deadly link between modern slavery and environmental destruction. The hellish gold mines of Ghana and the miraculously beautiful mangrove forests of Bangladesh. A look into the lives of modern day slaves and along the supply chain that leads directly to the cell phones in our pockets. Dramatic stories from the world's environmental and human rights hotspots. Kevin Bales is the author of Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves, and the co-founder and former president of Free the Slaves, the world's largest abolitionist organization. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.362 B184b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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