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Author Bales, Kevin.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Spiegel & Grau, [2016]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  306.362 BALES    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.362 BALES    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  306.362 BAL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.3 BALES    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  306.362 BAL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  306.362 BALES    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  306.362 BALES    Check Shelf
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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  306.362 BA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-277) and index.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Slavery -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries -- History -- 21st century.
Slave labor -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries.
Environmental degradation -- Developing countries.
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries.
ISBN 9780812995763 (hardback)
0812995767 (hardback)
9780812995770 (ebook)
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