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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 system from which the national economies of Europe and the USA profit. What is eaten, worn and used every day in Western homes is all too often produced at the expense of poor children's welfare. Sugar and shoes from Brazil, tea and textiles from Bangladesh, carpets and brassware from India, vegetables from Mexico, furniture from the Philippines - such goods and commodities may well depend upon the labour of children who are the victims of an inequitable economic order. The other side of the coin is that as travel to the Third World increases - in Bangkok, Manila, Rio - juveniles are forced to sell their bodies to Western tourists who can provide easy income to those in the lower reaches of poverty. Peter Lee-Wright graphically shows in words and photographs that the shameful exploitation of children is not confined to any one culture or industry. it is a problem that involves us all.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139781853830440
eBay Product ID (ePID)86870648
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChild Slaves
Publication Year1990
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter Lee-Wright
Subject AreaChildren & Family, Sexual Abuse, Civil Service
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight300 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPeter Lee-Wright
IllustratorPeter Lee-Wright