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).
Managing Mobility. The British Imperial State and Global Migration, 1840-1860
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- Nombre de pages285
- FormatGrand Format
- PrésentationRelié
- Poids0.582 kg
- Dimensions15,7 cm × 23,5 cm × 2,1 cm
- ISBN978-1-108-83392-9
- EAN9781108833929
- Date de parution18/11/2024
- CollectionModern British Histories
- ÉditeurCambridge University Press
Résumé
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 labour assets, shipped across vast expanses of ocean to contribute to the economy of the Empire.
Philip Harling analyses the ideological framework that underpinned these interventions and discusses the journeys taken by emigrants across five 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.
Philip Harling analyses the ideological framework that underpinned these interventions and discusses the journeys taken by emigrants across five 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.