Life interrupted : trafficking into forced labor in the United States / Denise Brennan.

Life interrupted : trafficking into forced labor in the United States / Denise Brennan.

9780822356240 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822356244 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822356332 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822356333 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.

©2014

English

xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

331.11730973 B838l 2014

(OCoLC)853313583
(OCoLC)853313583

Having spent nearly a decade following the lives of formerly trafficked men and women, Denise Brennan recounts in close detail their flight from their abusers and their courageous efforts to rebuild their lives. At once scholarly and accessible, her book links these firsthand accounts to global economic inequities and under-regulated and unprotected workplaces that routinely exploit migrant laborers in the United States. Brennan contends that today's punitive immigration policies undermine efforts to fight trafficking. While many believe trafficking happens only in the sex trade, Brennan shows that across low-wage labor sectors--in fields, in factories, and on construction sites--widespread exploitation can lead to and conceal forced labor. Life Interrupted is a riveting account of life in and after trafficking and a forceful call for meaningful immigration and labor reform.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-273) and index.

Boston Globe Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Winner 2014.

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