Trafficking in slavery's wake : law and the experience of women and children / / edited by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Richard L. Roberts
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| Titolo: |
Trafficking in slavery's wake : law and the experience of women and children / / edited by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Richard L. Roberts
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/62096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human trafficking - Africa |
| Slave trade - Africa - History | |
| Slavery - Law and legislation | |
| Slavery - History | |
| Women slaves - Africa | |
| Child slaves - Africa | |
| Altri autori: |
LawranceBenjamin N (Benjamin Nicholas)
RobertsRichard L. <1949->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Trafficking in slavery's wake |
| ISBN: | 0-8214-4418-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810210303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New African histories series