Eleven international academics and researchers contribute ten chapters examining the complex social phenomenon of, and responses to, human trafficking in a number of regions of the world including Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Australia. The major themes addressed are trafficking as an historical phenomenon as opposed to a purely modern "problem"; the nature, patterns and extent of global human trade; the social organization and processes of trafficking and re-trafficking; the links between trafficking and other forms and dynamics of migration and exploitation; and state-sponsored responses to trafficked persons and all those considered as non-citizens. For academics, field researchers, and advanced-level students involved in the study of global human trade and control. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)