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Informationen zum Autor Page DuBois is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Her many books include Torture and Truth (1991), Sappho is Burning (1997), Trojan Horses: Saving Classics from the Conservatives (2001) and Slaves and other Objects (2003). Slaves are associated not just with the Colosseum of ancient Rome but also with Californian labour factories and south Asian sweatshops, while young women and children appear increasingly vulnerable to sexual trafficking. This title shows that slavery, far from being extinct, is alive and well in the contemporary era. Vorwort Slaves are associated not just with the Colosseum of ancient Rome but also with Californian labour factories and south Asian sweatshops, while young women and children appear increasingly vulnerable to sexual trafficking. This title shows that slavery, far from being extinct, is alive and well in the contemporary era. Zusammenfassung Slaves are associated not just with the Colosseum of ancient Rome but also with Californian labour factories and south Asian sweatshops, while young women and children appear increasingly vulnerable to sexual trafficking. This title shows that slavery, far from being extinct, is alive and well in the contemporary era.