1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462076903321

Titolo

Trafficking in slavery's wake [[electronic resource] ] : law and the experience of women and children / / edited by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Richard L. Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8214-4418-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

New African histories

Altri autori (Persone)

LawranceBenjamin N (Benjamin Nicholas)

RobertsRichard L. <1949->

Disciplina

306.3/62096

Soggetti

Human trafficking - Africa

Slave trade - Africa - History

Slavery - Law and legislation

Slavery - History

Women slaves - Africa

Child slaves - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Intro: Contextualizing Trafficking in Women and Children in Africa; Part I: Trafficking in Colonial Africa; Trafficking and Reenslavement; "Without the Slave Trade,No Recruitment"; The End of Slavery, "Crises" over Trafficking, and the Colonial State in the French Soudan; "Under the Guise of Guardianship and Marriage"; Sex Trafficking, Prostitution,and the Law in Colonial British West Africa, 1911-43; Islamic Law and Trafficking in Women and Children in the Indian Ocean World; Part II: Contemporary Antitrafficking in Africa and Beyond

Trafficking and Human Exploitation in International Law, with Special Reference to Women and Children in Africa Documenting Child Slavery with Personal Testimony; Child-Trafficking Policymaking between Africa and Europe; The Story of Elsie; Ranking States; Afterword: The Paradox of Women, Children,and Slavery; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Women and children have been bartered, pawned, bought, and sold within and beyond Africa for longer than records have existed. This important collection examines the ways trafficking in women and children has changed from the aftermath of the "end of slavery" in Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present.   The formal abolition of the slave trade and slavery did not end the demand for servile women and children. Contemporary forms of human trafficking are deeply interwoven with their historical precursors, and scholars and activists need to be informed about the long his

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00182753

Autore

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

Titolo

Guidelines for the apllications of ISBDs to the description of component parts / IFLA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : IFLA, 1988 - 22 p. ; 26 cm

ISBN

09-03-04350-5

Soggetti

Biblioteconomia - Fonti

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia