Managing mobility : the British imperial state and global migration, 1840-1860 /
"In the first age of mass migration (1840-1860), the British imperial state intervened to ensure a racialised global economic order in the wake of Emancipation. Managing Mobility analyzes the large-scale movement of people as labor assets across the British Empire, considering the outcomes of t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2024.
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| Series: | Modern British histories.
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| Summary: | "In the first age of mass migration (1840-1860), the British imperial state intervened to ensure a racialised global economic order in the wake of Emancipation. Managing Mobility analyzes the large-scale movement of people as labor assets across the British Empire, considering the outcomes of these significant projects of social engineering"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108983280 (electronic bk.) 1108983286 |