Caf Dowlah, currently a consultant with the Development and Modern Slavery Project of the United Nations, is a former professor of economics with the City University of New York. He has also taught at several other colleges and universities in the United States, Japan and Bangladesh, and has worked with the World Bank, the UNDP, and the World Food Program in advisory and consultancy capacities.

1. Introduction.- 2. Global Human Migration.- 3. Slavery - The Ancient and Medieval Periods.- 4. Slavery in the New World - the Saga of Native Indians.- 5. Slavery in the New World - The Saga of Black Africans.- 6. Indentured Servitude - The Saga of the Indians and the Chinese.- 7. Temporary Cross-Border Mobility Since World War I.- 8. Cross-Border Labor Mobility - Europe.- 9. Cross-Border Labor Mobility - The United States.- 10. Cross-Border Labor Mobility in the Twenty-First Century.- 11. Theoretical Perspectives on Cross-Border Labor Mobility.