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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Main Author: Harling, Philip (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108983280 (electronic bk.)
1108983286