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001 2015008438
003 DLC
005 20150617082104.0
008 150529s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015008438
020 $a9780812995763 (hardback)
020 $z9780812995770 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ad------
050 00 $aHT867$b.B347 2016
082 00 $a306.3/62091724$223
084 $aSOC054000$aPOL044000$aSOC042000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBales, Kevin.
245 10 $aBlood and earth :$bmodern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world /$cKevin Bales.
250 $aFirst edition.
263 $a1601
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bSpiegel & Grau,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"BLOOD AND EARTH is a gripping account of the deadly link between slavery and environmental destruction. Kevin Bales is a social scientist, human rights activist, and journalist -- and he's also one of the world's leading experts on modern slavery. In his work he began to notice the connection between environmental decline and slavery: the two almost always went hand-in-hand, whether in the hellish gold mines of Ghana or the miraculously beautiful mangrove forests of Bangladesh. But why? He set off to find the answer on a fascinating and moving journey that took him into the lives of modern day slaves and along a supply chain that leads directly to the cell phones in our pockets. He found solutions that redeemed both the lives of the slaves in the world's most threatened places and the environments they live in. This is a clear-eyed, inspiring, and profoundly hopeful book that brings us dramatic stories from the world's environmental and human rights hotspots and offers solutions to our most pressing crises"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aSlavery$xEnvironmental aspects$zDeveloping countries$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aSlave labor$xEnvironmental aspects$zDeveloping countries.
650 0 $aEnvironmental degradation$zDeveloping countries.
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries.$2bisacsh