Managing Mobility: The British Imperial State and Global Migration, 1840–1860 - Couverture souple

Harling, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108987389 ISBN 13 : 9781108987387

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Between 1840 and 1860 the British Empire expanded rapidly in scale, with rampant annexation of territory and ruthless suppression of rebellion. These decades also witnessed an unprecedented movement of people across the Empire and around the world, with over 2.6 million emigrants leaving Britain in the 1850s alone. Managing Mobility examines how the British imperial state facilitated the mass migration of its impoverished subjects as labor assets, shipped across vast expanses of ocean to contribute to the economy of the Empire. Philip Harling analyzes the ideological framework which underpinned these interventions and discusses the journeys taken by emigrants across four continents, considering the varied outcomes of these significant projects of social engineering. In doing so, this study demonstrates how the British imperial state harnessed migration to ensure and maintain a racialised global economic order in the decades after Emancipation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Philip Harling is Professor of History at the University of Miami, specialising in the modern history of Britain and the British Empire. He is the author of The Waning of 'Old Corruption': The Politics of Economical Reform in Britain, 1779–1846 (1996) and The Modern British State: An Historical Introduction (2001).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108987389
• ISBN 13: 9781108987387
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 295
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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