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Woman, Child for Sale: The New Slave Trade in the 21st Century
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.74
EAN: 9781596090057
ISBN: 1596090057
Label: Chamberlain Bros.
Manufacturer: Chamberlain Bros.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: August 31, 2004
Publisher: Chamberlain Bros.
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Studio: Chamberlain Bros.
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Editorial Review:
Every year, there are more than 4 million victims of human trafficking around the world, from forced prostitution and pornography, to sweatshop and migrant labor. Some estimates put the figure at 50,000 human slaves living in the United States, through fraud, coercion and outright kidnapping, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to claim that the United States is determined to stop "this appalling assault on the dignity of men, women and children." But Powell made those remarks back in 2002 and, if anything, human trafficking is on the rise around the world. Today's slave trade is estimated to generate more than $7 billion in annual revenues--all of it "exploitation of the most innocent and vulnerable," according to President George Bush, who has pledged millions of U.S. dollars to support organizations working to free these slaves. Woman, Child--For Sale examines the horrors of these black market operations that kidnap and purchase women and children and move them across borders, erasing their identities and forcing them into a ruinous life of slavery. The book takes an in-depth look at: * Personal Stories of Rescued Sex Slaves and Survivors
* The New Slave Traders: Who are they?
* The World's Worst Human Trafficking Offenders
* Fighting the New Slave Trade Woman, Child--For Sale details the explosive and heartbreaking stories behind the nameless, statistical nightmare that is human slavery in the 21st century.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 2 stars simply becacuse the author picked an important subject
Lacks just about everything:
insight, depth, substance, reasearch, a professional approach.. It reads like an essay I would have written in high school. Don't waste money on it. Your time (and money) is better spent on Wikipedia.
Rating: - they sent me a library book
The seller sent me a library book from the Salt Lake City Library.
The book itself isn't very good. It talks alot about Tapestry against poligamy and is written by one of the members. The book is a hodge podge of sometimes crappy and sometimes interesting stories of women who've escapped poligamy.
The stories tend to be to brief and vague to create to much care.
Rating:  - Trite and shallow
This book does a huge disservice to the serious issue of human trafficking. It is very poorly researched, highly derivitive, and badly written. It does not even begin to grapple with the complications of the global trade in human beings but instead relies on sensation and titillation. I would not accept this from an undergraduate.
There is a real need for accessible information on the subject of human trafficking in order to make individuals, communities and governments aware of what ... Read More
Rating: - Not one of the best on the subject
I've read quite extensively on the topic of sex trafficking, as I wrote my MA thesis on trafficking in Europe and I have to say that I was disappointed with this book. The research was not terribly original, as he basically rewrote passages from higher quality works like "Disposable People" by Kevin Bales and "The Natashas" by Victor Malarek (both of which I highly recommend). Much of the information can be found on the State Department's website so why it needed to be reprinted in book form is beyond ... Read More
Rating:  - Human Trafficking Essential
Gilbert King does for this one specific topic, human trafficking, what 'Illicit : How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy' does for the vast array of illegal trade: a thorough and provocative study of the crime, including as much relevant information as currently available to the public. At times a bit repetitive, but this can be forgiven in light of the large amount of information King delivers.
This is the fourth book to read in understanding human trafficking, ... Read More
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