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• catalog abstract "Annotation In this personal account of modern-day slavery, Breton travels through Brazil tracing the elements and subjects of the cruel and deceitful practices of debt-bondage that enmesh thousands of Amazon migrant workers. Breton interviews slaves and those who benefit from slavery, and discusses efforts to eradicate it. The book is illustrated with a handful of black & white photographs and explanatory charts. Breton, an author and English teacher who settled in a remote corner of southeastern Brazil, writes for a general audience. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). Annotation Contents Foreword Archbishop Desmond Tutu Preface Kevin Bales Glossary and List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: Slavery Alive and Well Around the World 1%. The Chain of Slavery: The Nuts, Bolts, and History of Modern-Day Debt Bondage 2%. Links in the Chain: Boss, Contractor, Gunman; Peon, Prostitute, Lodging Keeper 3%. The Occupation of Amazonia: Land Without Men for Men Without Land 4%. Debt Slavery: The Bosses: Connivance and Impurity from the Ruthless Rich 5%. The Gatos: Men in the Middle: Overseers and Gunmen 6%. The Peons: Held Fast by Their Debt, Their Isolation, and Their Ignorance 7%. The Women: Those Who Wait, Those Who Comfort, Those Who Profit 8%. Violence: The Cycle of Rural Conflict 9%. Resistance: Liberation Theology and the Role of the Church 10%. The Landless Movement: An Alternative for Landless Workers? 11%. The Vila Rica Commission: One Town's Attempt to Deal with Debt Bondage 12%. A Case History: Slavery Through the Eyes of a Peon and His Wife 13%. Volkswagen's Model Ranch: What Went Wrong 14%. Model Ranch 2001: A State-of-the-Art Ranch Is Accused of Slavery 15%. Black Slaves, White Slaves: "I Used to Be Somebody, Now I'm Nothing"--What Can Be Done? 16%. Into the Enemy's Camp: On the Road with the Flying Squad Endnotes Bibliography About the Author Index.".
• catalog alternative "Modern-day slavery in the Brazilian Amazon".
• catalog contributor b12725871.
• catalog coverage "Amazon River Valley Social conditions.".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description "Annotation Contents Foreword Archbishop Desmond Tutu Preface Kevin Bales Glossary and List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: Slavery Alive and Well Around the World 1%. The Chain of Slavery: The Nuts, Bolts, and History of Modern-Day Debt Bondage 2%. Links in the Chain: Boss, Contractor, Gunman; Peon, Prostitute, Lodging Keeper 3%. The Occupation of Amazonia: Land Without Men for Men Without Land 4%. Debt Slavery: The Bosses: Connivance and Impurity from the Ruthless Rich 5%. The Gatos: Men in the Middle: Overseers and Gunmen 6%. The Peons: Held Fast by Their Debt, Their Isolation, and Their Ignorance 7%. The Women: Those Who Wait, Those Who Comfort, Those Who Profit 8%. Violence: The Cycle of Rural Conflict 9%. Resistance: Liberation Theology and the Role of the Church 10%. The Landless Movement: An Alternative for Landless Workers? 11%. The Vila Rica Commission: One Town's Attempt to Deal with Debt Bondage 12%. A Case History: Slavery Through the Eyes of a Peon and His Wife 13%. Volkswagen's Model Ranch: What Went Wrong 14%. Model Ranch 2001: A State-of-the-Art Ranch Is Accused of Slavery 15%. Black Slaves, White Slaves: "I Used to Be Somebody, Now I'm Nothing"--What Can Be Done? 16%. Into the Enemy's Camp: On the Road with the Flying Squad Endnotes Bibliography About the Author Index.".
• catalog description "Annotation In this personal account of modern-day slavery, Breton travels through Brazil tracing the elements and subjects of the cruel and deceitful practices of debt-bondage that enmesh thousands of Amazon migrant workers. Breton interviews slaves and those who benefit from slavery, and discusses efforts to eradicate it. The book is illustrated with a handful of black & white photographs and explanatory charts. Breton, an author and English teacher who settled in a remote corner of southeastern Brazil, writes for a general audience. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction; Slavery alive and well around the world -- The chain of slavery. -- Links in the chain. -- The occupation of Amazonia. -- Debt slavery: the bosses. -- The Gatos. -- The peons --The women -- Violence-- Resistance -- The landless movement -- The Vila Rica commission -- A case history -- Volkswagen's model ranch -- Model ranch 2001 -- Black slaves, white slaves -- Into the enemy's camp.".
• catalog extent "xxiii, 229 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Trapped.".
• catalog identifier "1565491556 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "1565491564 (hard : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "1899365567".
• catalog isFormatOf "Trapped.".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London : LAB ; Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press,".
• catalog relation "Trapped.".
• catalog spatial "Amazon River Valley Social conditions.".
• catalog spatial "Brazil.".
• catalog subject "305.5/63 21".
• catalog subject "Cattle trade Corrupt practices Brazil.".
• catalog subject "HD4875.B8 L4 2003".
• catalog subject "Peonage Brazil.".
• catalog subject "Ranching Brazil.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction; Slavery alive and well around the world -- The chain of slavery. -- Links in the chain. -- The occupation of Amazonia. -- Debt slavery: the bosses. -- The Gatos. -- The peons --The women -- Violence-- Resistance -- The landless movement -- The Vila Rica commission -- A case history -- Volkswagen's model ranch -- Model ranch 2001 -- Black slaves, white slaves -- Into the enemy's camp.".
• catalog title "Modern-day slavery in the Brazilian Amazon".
• catalog title "Trapped : modern-day slavery in the Brazilian Amazon / Binka Le Breton.".
• catalog type "text".