Trapped: Modern-Day Slavery in the Brazilian Amazon
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1899365567 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Slavery in modern Brazil feeds into our lives Martin Arrowsmith Binka Le Breton is an Englishwoman who has lived in Brazil many years. She knows the country and the language perfectly and for that reason she is able to take us where few journalists or investigators have gone. She is also brave, some of the situations she writes about were dangerous. She put herself in danger because she was committed to explosing the slavery that supplies products into the Braziliam. Slavery in Brazil There is no one more more qualified to write about forced labour, human trafficking, modern slavery and labour migration in Brazil than Binka Le Breton. It is a required book in my core course, "Contemporary Slavery & Human Trafficking." This book not only takes us through the entire process of those workers trapped by a system of "enganche" (hooking), which is a widespread system of recruitment whereby. "Three Stars" according to J. While the text was groundbreaking and is now still good, I recommend Bretons more recent texts over it
By entering into others’ lives we commit ourselves, even in a small way, to eradicating a practice which governments have condemned but have so far failed to remove.""A well-balanced investigation that shows us slavery in the in a personal way, from the perspective of the actors. No group is branded or unfairly treated, and we see a picture of a society struggling with the challenges of development." . "By reading Le Breton’s fascinating story of exploitation we are carried into the invisible chain of slavery which holds human beings in bondage not only in Brazil, but in many countries, even London, Paris and New York
If you want to find out more about any of the work that she does, or you would like her to come and give a lecture for your organization, you can contact Binka at: binka@iracambi. Binka Le Breton lives on a rainforest farm, runs the Iracambi Rainforest Research Center (where her duties requires her to check frequently on the state of the forest), lectures and broadcasts internationally on rainforest and human rights topics, is pres
Le Breton also talks with those who benefit from this injustice, as well as those fighting against it, and offers suggestions on how it can be consigned to history.. In huge ranches deep in the , migrant workers are enmeshed in a web of debt, deceit, and cruelty -- trapped in the illegal trade in humans.Trapped documents the lives of these workers, allowing them to tell their own stories. * Winner of the 2004 Harry Chapin Media Judges Award from World Hunger Year* A vivid, highly readable book by a resident of Brazil who set off by bus and motorbike to unearth the realities of this hidden trade and expose them to the worldThe illegal trade in people is surpassed in scale only by that in drugs and arms