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The Resource Blood and earth : modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world, Kevin Bales

Blood and earth : modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world, Kevin Bales

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"BLOOD AND EARTH is a gripping account of the deadly link between slavery and environmental destruction. Kevin Bales is a social scientist, human rights activist, and journalist -- and he's also one of the world's leading experts on modern slavery. In his work he began to notice the connection between environmental decline and slavery: the two almost always went hand-in-hand, whether in the hellish gold mines of Ghana or the miraculously beautiful mangrove forests of Bangladesh. But why? He set off to find the answer on a fascinating and moving journey that took him into the lives of modern day slaves and along a supply chain that leads directly to the cell phones in our pockets. He found solutions that redeemed both the lives of the slaves in the world's most threatened places and the environments they live in. This is a clear-eyed, inspiring, and profoundly hopeful book that brings us dramatic stories from the world's environmental and human rights hotspots and offers solutions to our most pressing crises"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
290 pages
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
Isbn
9780812995763
Instance
Label
Blood and earth : modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world
Title
Blood and earth
Title remainder
modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world
Statement of responsibility
Kevin Bales
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"BLOOD AND EARTH is a gripping account of the deadly link between slavery and environmental destruction. Kevin Bales is a social scientist, human rights activist, and journalist -- and he's also one of the world's leading experts on modern slavery. In his work he began to notice the connection between environmental decline and slavery: the two almost always went hand-in-hand, whether in the hellish gold mines of Ghana or the miraculously beautiful mangrove forests of Bangladesh. But why? He set off to find the answer on a fascinating and moving journey that took him into the lives of modern day slaves and along a supply chain that leads directly to the cell phones in our pockets. He found solutions that redeemed both the lives of the slaves in the world's most threatened places and the environments they live in. This is a clear-eyed, inspiring, and profoundly hopeful book that brings us dramatic stories from the world's environmental and human rights hotspots and offers solutions to our most pressing crises"--
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Bales, Kevin
Dewey number
306.3/62091724
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HT867
LC item number
.B347 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slavery
  • Slave labor
  • Environmental degradation
  • Consumption (Economics)
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Blood and earth : modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world, Kevin Bales
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Copyright
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocn911179873
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
290 pages
Isbn
9780812995763
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015008438
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Blood and earth : modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world, Kevin Bales
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocn911179873
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
290 pages
Isbn
9780812995763
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015008438
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations

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