Melissa Ditmore

Unbroken Chains

The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking in the American Economy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An urgent exposition of the pervasive human trafficking that lies just beneath the surface of the US economy-from the stories of its survivors"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 143mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780807093436
• ISBN-10: 0807093432
• Artikelnr.: 68594907

Autorenporträt

Melissa Hope Ditmore

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Time Line
INTRODUCTION
Down the Rabbit Hole
PART I: TRAFFICKING INTO SALES
CHAPTER 1
Young Americans on Traveling Sales Crews
CHAPTER 2
Sex and Labor in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
PART II: TRAFFICKING IN AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 3
In the Devil’s Garden
CHAPTER 4
Indenture, Slavery, and Contract Labor in Agriculture
CHAPTER 5
From Slavery to Prison and Peonage
PART III: TRAFFICKING INTO DOMESTIC WORK
CHAPTER 6
Trafficking into Domestic and Care Work Today
CHAPTER 7
The History of Exploitation in Domestic Work
PART IV: TRAFFICKING INTO INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
CHAPTER 8
Contemporary Trafficking Cases in Industry and Infrastructure
CHAPTER 9
Slavery and Prison Labor in Industry and Infrastructure
PART V: TRAFFICKING FOR SEX
CHAPTER 10
Flor’s Story
CHAPTER 11
Prostitution of Enslaved and Indentured Women
CHAPTER 12
Morality in Immigration Restrictions
CHAPTER 13
The Mann Act and “White Slavery”
CHAPTER 14
Twenty-First-Century Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
CONCLUSION
What Kind of Help Is Truly Helpful?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index