出版社: Spiegel & Grau
副标题: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World
出版年: 2016-1-19
页数: 304
定价: USD 27.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780812995763
内容简介 · · · · · ·
A leading expert on modern-day slavery, Kevin Bales has traveled to some of the world’s most dangerous places documenting and battling human trafficking. In the course of his reporting, Bales began to notice a pattern emerging: Where slavery existed, so did massive, unchecked environmental destruction. But why?
Bales set off to find the answer in a fascinating and moving journ...
A leading expert on modern-day slavery, Kevin Bales has traveled to some of the world’s most dangerous places documenting and battling human trafficking. In the course of his reporting, Bales began to notice a pattern emerging: Where slavery existed, so did massive, unchecked environmental destruction. But why?
Bales set off to find the answer in a fascinating and moving journey that took him into the lives of modern-day slaves and along a supply chain that leads directly to the cellphones in our pockets. What he discovered is that even as it destroys individuals, families, and communities, new forms of slavery that proliferate in the world’s lawless zones also pose a grave threat to the environment. Simply put, modern-day slavery is destroying the planet.
The product of seven years of travel and research, Blood and Earth brings us dramatic stories from the world’s most beautiful and tragic places, the environmental and human-rights hotspots where this crisis is concentrated. But it also tells the stories of some of the most common products we all consume—from computers to shrimp to jewelry—whose origins are found in these same places.
Blood and Earth calls on us to recognize the grievous harm we have done to one another, put an end to it, and recommit to repairing the world. This is a clear-eyed and inspiring book that suggests how we can begin the work of healing humanity and the planet we share.
Praise for Blood and Earth
“A heart-wrenching narrative . . . Weaving together interviews, history, and statistics, the author shines a light on how the poverty, chaos, wars, and government corruption create the perfect storm where slavery flourishes and environmental destruction follows. . . . A clear-eyed account of man’s inhumanity to man and Earth. Read it to get informed, and then take action.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“[An] exposé of the global economy’s ‘deadly dance’ between slavery and environmental disaster . . . Based on extensive travels through eastern Congo’s mineral mines, Bangladeshi fisheries, Ghanian gold mines, and Brazilian forests, Bales reveals the appalling truth in graphic detail. . . . Readers will be deeply disturbed to learn how the links connecting slavery, environmental issues, and modern convenience are forged.”—Publishers Weekly
“This well-researched and vivid book studies the connection between slavery and environmental destruction, and what it will take to end both.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“This is a remarkable book, demonstrating once more the deep links between the ongoing degradation of the planet and the ongoing degradation of its most vulnerable people. It’s a bracing reminder that a mentality that allows throwaway people also allows a throwaway earth.”—Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Kevin Bales is the co-founder and former president of Free the Slaves, the largest abolitionist organization in the world. He has also served as a trustee of Anti-Slavery International and as a consultant to the United Nations Global Program Against Trafficking in Human Beings. He is the author of numerous reports, monographs, and scholarly books on modern slavery, including th...
Kevin Bales is the co-founder and former president of Free the Slaves, the largest abolitionist organization in the world. He has also served as a trustee of Anti-Slavery International and as a consultant to the United Nations Global Program Against Trafficking in Human Beings. He is the author of numerous reports, monographs, and scholarly books on modern slavery, including the acclaimed Disposable People. He lives in Brighton, England.
喜欢读"Blood and Earth"的人也喜欢 · · · · · ·
Blood and Earth的书评 · · · · · · ( 全部 6 条 )
现代奴隶制与环境破坏的秘密
改变血泪奴隶制,从负责任消费开始
这篇书评可能有关键情节透露
你也许知道奢侈品的消费利润弹性,但不会看到多少人为混口饭在玩命。 当你在西式餐厅挑剔螃蟹的个子,世界的另个角落里有孩子正被饿死。 ——Jony J《信仰》 人在城市生活久了容易傲慢。24小时的热水,持续的电力供应,卫生的排水系统,定时的垃圾回收,随叫随到的外卖,眼花缭... (展开)深藏在矿井下的“打工人”
现代奴隶制的产生,人人都不无辜
> 更多书评 6篇
论坛 · · · · · ·
在这本书的论坛里发言这本书的其他版本 · · · · · · ( 全部3 )
-
南京大学出版社 (2020)8.6分 247人读过
-
未知出版社暂无评分
以下书单推荐 · · · · · · ( 全部 )
- ME - T (巫)
- ME - S (巫)
- 自不量力的原版书计划 (拾森)
谁读这本书? · · · · · ·
二手市场
· · · · · ·
- 在豆瓣转让 有34人想读,手里有一本闲着?
订阅关于Blood and Earth的评论:
feed: rss 2.0
2 有用 巫 2018-07-25 01:06:52
譯完了。It's the dark side of the earth. 被捕殺殆盡的山地大猩猩,在小島上日夜無休切魚的童工,世世代代被奴役於礦場的人們,因過度開採而逐漸消失的雨林……我們手機裡的芯片,選購的黃金飾品,燒烤用的海蝦,製作家具的木材和礦石——這些商品都有可能讓他者失去生活甚至生命,讓自然遭到不可逆轉的侵害。
0 有用 別有用心美少女 2022-09-09 14:34:31 英国
Knowing these things can change when don't understand the brutal supply chain behind the smart phone, the seafood & meat on table than will know slavery & environmental destruction underpin global. Mo... Knowing these things can change when don't understand the brutal supply chain behind the smart phone, the seafood & meat on table than will know slavery & environmental destruction underpin global. Modern have enslaved disposable ppl a lot of pollution for making order to quickly, so the result is humans are making their own disposable earth (展开)
0 有用 大瓶 2020-12-04 21:21:19
a new way of seeing the world
0 有用 別有用心美少女 2022-09-09 14:34:31 英国
Knowing these things can change when don't understand the brutal supply chain behind the smart phone, the seafood & meat on table than will know slavery & environmental destruction underpin global. Mo... Knowing these things can change when don't understand the brutal supply chain behind the smart phone, the seafood & meat on table than will know slavery & environmental destruction underpin global. Modern have enslaved disposable ppl a lot of pollution for making order to quickly, so the result is humans are making their own disposable earth (展开)
0 有用 大瓶 2020-12-04 21:21:19
a new way of seeing the world
2 有用 巫 2018-07-25 01:06:52
譯完了。It's the dark side of the earth. 被捕殺殆盡的山地大猩猩,在小島上日夜無休切魚的童工,世世代代被奴役於礦場的人們,因過度開採而逐漸消失的雨林……我們手機裡的芯片,選購的黃金飾品,燒烤用的海蝦,製作家具的木材和礦石——這些商品都有可能讓他者失去生活甚至生命,讓自然遭到不可逆轉的侵害。