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Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy 0.8. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780812971842
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Most Americans are shocked to discover that slavery still exists in the United States. Yet 145 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the CIA estimates that 14,500 to17,000 foreigners are trafficked annually into the United States, threatened with violence, and forced to work against their will. Modern people unanimously agree that slavery is abhorrent. How, then, can it be making a reappearance on American soil?Award-winning journalist John Bowe examines how outsourcing, subcontracting, immigration fraud, and the relentless pursuit of everyday low prices have created an opportunity for modern slavery to regain a toehold in the American economy. Bowe uses thorough and often dangerous research, exclusive interviews, eyewitness accounts, and rigorous economic analysis to examine three illegal workplaces where employees are literally or virtually enslaved. From rural Florida to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the U.S. commonwealth of Saipan in the Western Pacific, he documents coercive and forced labor situations that benefit us all, as consumers and stockholders, fattening the profits of dozens of American food and clothing chains, including Wal-Mart, Kroger, McDonalds, Burger King, PepsiCo, Del Monte, Gap, Target, JCPenney, J. Crew, Polo Ralph Lauren, and others.In this eye-opening book, set against the everyday American landscape of shopping malls, outlet stores, and Happy Meals, Bowe reveals how humankinds darker urges remain alive and well, lingering in the background of every transactionand what we can do to overcome them. Praise for Nobodies:Investigative, immersion reporting at its best . . . Bowe is a master storyteller whose work is finely tuned and fearless.USA Today A brilliant and readable tour of the modern heart of darkness, Nobodies takes a long, hard look at what our democracy is becoming.Thomas Frank, author of Whats the Matter with Kansas?Bowe dramatizes in gripping detail these stolen lives.O: The Oprah MagazineThe vividness of Bowes local stories might make you think twice before reaching for that cheap fruit or pair of discount socks.Conde Nast PortfolioNAMED ONE OF THE TWENTY BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE VILLAGE VOICE Award-winning journalist Bowe exposes the outsourcing, corporate chicanery, immigration fraud, and sleights of hand that allow forced labor to continue in the United States while the rest of the American public notice nothing but the everyday low price at the checkout counter. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780812971842