My stone of hope : from Haitian slave child to abolitionist /
Cadet tells the story of his youth as a restavek, a practice of using children as unpaid and uneducated domestic workers often subjected to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. He is an advocate for these children and argues that the practice has created damaged adults incapable of participating i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2011.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Cadet tells the story of his youth as a restavek, a practice of using children as unpaid and uneducated domestic workers often subjected to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. He is an advocate for these children and argues that the practice has created damaged adults incapable of participating in a productive economy--From P. [4] of cover. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780292738843 0292738846 |