Books

14 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Labour bondage in West India Labour bondage in West India Jan Breman On bonded labor in two villages in West Gujarat; a study. OL1084078W
River of smoke River of smoke Amitav Ghosh In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When … OL16190746W
House of Meetings House of Meetings Martin Amis An extraordinary, harrowing, endlessly surprising novel from a literary master. In 1946, two brothers and a Jewish girl fall into alignment in pogrom-poised Moscow. The fraternal conflict then marin… OL16837W
Making Bombs for Hitler Making Bombs for Hitler Skrypuch, Marsha This book is through the point of view of a young Jewish girl. She is taken form her home and is put in a concentration camp where she is forced to do stuff for the Nazis. OL17814964W
Chocolate on trial Chocolate on trial Satre, Lowell J. "Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business recounts the events surrounding the libel trial in which Cadbury Bros. sued the Standard of London over the newspaper's accusation t… OL1892158W
The poverty of work The poverty of work David G. Van Arsdale In The Poverty of Work , Van Arsdale goes inside the world of temping and discovers a type of work dreadfully insecure yet growing rapidly. Furthermore, through a comprehensive historiography, he ill… OL19739993W
Blood and earth Blood and earth Kevin Bales "Blood and Earth is a gripping account of the deadly link between slavery and environmental destruction. Kevin Bales is a social scientist, human rights activist, and journalist -- and he's also one … OL20022018W
Modern slavery Modern slavery Kevin Bales,Zoe Trodd,Alex Kent Williamson Though slavery is illegal in all countries and banned by international conventions, 27 million people are slaves today. 'Modern Slavery' looks at this phenomenon in all its forms and focuses on the h… OL26198800W
The Endless Steppe The Endless Steppe Esther Rudomin Hautzig During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the f… OL270319W
Unjust Enrichment Unjust Enrichment Linda Goetz Holmes During World War II, 32,260 Americans were held as prisoners of war of the Japanese. Thousands were shipped to do forced labor in the factories, shipyards, & mines of Japan--at the specific request o… OL3581237W
The Work of Reconstruction The Work of Reconstruction Julie Saville xiv, 221 p. : 24 cm OL3959424W
American Negro slavery American Negro slavery Ulrich Bonnell Phillips Reprint of the 1918 Appleton edition OL5602094W
Freedom's landing Freedom's landing Anne McCaffrey Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the spaceships floated into view above Denver. As human slaves were herded into the maw of a massive vessel, Kristin realized her normal l… OL73360W
White cargo White cargo Don Jordan Thousands of Britons lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies. OL8693220W