Siddharth Kara's "Sex Trafficking" has become a critical
resource for its revelations into an unconscionable business, and
its detailed analysis of the trade's immense economic benefits and
human cost. This volume is Kara's second, explosive study of
slavery, this time focusing on the deeply entrenched and wholly
unjust system of bonded labor.
Drawing on eleven years of research in India, Nepal, Bangladesh,
and Pakistan, Kara delves into an ancient and ever-evolving mode of
slavery that ensnares roughly six out of every ten slaves in the
world and generates profits that exceeded $17.6 billion in 2011. In
addition to providing a thorough economic, historical, and legal
overview of bonded labor, Kara travels to the far reaches of South
Asia, from cyclone-wracked southwestern Bangladesh to the Thar
desert on the India-Pakistan border, to uncover the brutish
realities of such industries as hand-woven-carpet making, tea and
rice farming, construction, brick manufacture, and frozen-shrimp
production. He describes the violent enslavement of millions of
impoverished men, women, and children who toil in the production of
numerous products at minimal cost to the global market. He also
follows supply chains directly to Western consumers, vividly
connecting regional bonded labor practices to the appetites of the
world. Kara's pioneering analysis encompasses human trafficking,
child labor, and global security, and he concludes with specific
initiatives to eliminate the system of bonded labor from South Asia
once and for all.
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