Bibliograph

Unbroken chains, the hidden role of human trafficking in the American economy, Melissa Hope Ditmore

Type

Label

Unbroken chains, the hidden role of human trafficking in the American economy, Melissa Hope Ditmore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unbroken chains

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1341260301

Responsibility statement

Melissa Hope Ditmore

Sub title

the hidden role of human trafficking in the American economy

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Young Americans on traveling sales crews -- Sex and labor in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act -- In the devil's garden -- Indenture, slavery, and contract labor in agriculture -- From slavery to prison and peonage -- Trafficking into domestic and care work today -- The history of exploitation in domestic work -- Contemporary trafficking cases in industry and infrastructure -- Slavery and prison labor in industry and infrastructure -- Flor's story -- Prostitution of enslaved and indentured women -- Morality in immigration restrictions -- The Mann Act and "white slavery" -- Twenty-first-century efforts to combat human trafficking -- What kind of help is truly helpful?

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