| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Bonded labor : an overview -- Agriculture : kamaiya and hari -- Bricks and bidis -- Shrimp and tea -- Construction and stonebreaking -- Carpets and other sectors -- Bonded labor and the law -- Tackling bonded labor -- Appendix A. Global slavery metrics, 2011 -- Appendix B. Select bonded labor economics -- Appendix C. Select bonded labor supply chains -- Appendix D. Bonded labor as defined by India's Bond Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 -- Appendix E. Bonded labor law and cases : Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India -- Appendix F. Select economic and human development statistics. |
| Summary |
"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."--Publisher's website |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Peonage -- South Asia.
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Forced labor -- South Asia.
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Slave labor -- South Asia.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management. |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia. |
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Forced labor |
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Peonage |
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Slave labor |
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South Asia |
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SLAVERY. |
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FORCED LABOUR. |
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LABOUR EXPLOITATION. |
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DEBT BONDAGE. |
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SOUTH ASIA. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kara, Siddharth. Bonded labor. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012 9780231158480 (DLC) 2012008188 (OCoLC)780398223 |
| ISBN |
9780231528016 (electronic bk.) |
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0231528019 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231158480 |
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0231158483 |
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0231158491 |
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9780231158497 |
| Standard No. |
40021376512 |
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