300 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

In Portugal, 12-year-olds manufacture clothes destined for British chain-stores. In Brazil, children work more than nine hours a day glueing shoes for sale in the West. This book, based on research done with the co-operation of the Anti-Slavery Society for a recent major BBC television documentary, exposes the scandalous exploitation of children's labour and services throughout the world - a... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. An Intolerable Evil: The Working Child as a Global Problem 2. Where There's Brass There's Muck: India's Industrious Infants 3. The Sun Never Set: The Legacy of Empire in Bangladesh 4. Planters' Punch: The Knock-on Effects in Malaysia 5. Slaves in All but Name: Farm, Factory and Favours in Brazil 6. The Thais that Bind: Tales of Torment in Bangkok 7. A Storm in any Port: Portugal Fails European Standards 8. Gateway to the West: Turkey Stands at the Crossroads 9. Still Crazy After All These Years: A Dominated Philippines 10. Under the Eagle's Wing: Mexico's Uneasy Accommodation with the USA Epilogue Select Bibliography Index

Biography

Peter Lee-Wright