Modern slavery : the margins of freedom /

O'Connell Davidson, Julia, 1960-

Modern slavery : the margins of freedom / Julia O'Connell Davidson, University of Bristol, UK. - 1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Imagining modernity, forgetting slavery -- Marking the boundaries of slavery -- Slavery and wage labour : freedom and its doubles -- Mastery, race, and nation : prisons and borders as transatlantic slavery's living legacies -- Mobility, domination, escape and the state : "trafficking" as a modern slave trade -- State authorized mobility, slavery, and forced labour -- Slaves and wives : a question of consent -- Happy endings?.

9781137297297 (e-book)


Slave trade.
Slavery.
Forced labor.


Electronic books.

HT985 / .O26 2015

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