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Subject(s)

• Great Britain—Colonies—Emigration and immigration—History—19th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—Colonies—Emigration and immigration—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Penal transportation—Great Britain—Colonies—History—19th century [Browse]
• Indians (India)—Great Britain—Colonies—History—19th century [Browse]
• Indentured servants—Great Britain—Colonies—History—19th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—Colonies—Administration—History—19th century [Browse]

Series

Modern British histories [More in this series]

Summary note

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• 'An awful remedy' : Irish famine migration and laissez-faire theodicy, 1846-1853
• 'A long train of moral evils' : the end of convict transportation and the rise of assisted emigration to Australia, c. 1837-1853
• 'The most perfect skeletons I ever saw' : 'liberated' African immigration and the free trade crisis in the British Caribbean, 1838-50
• 'A stranger to the facts will hardly credit the negligence' : Indian indentured immigration to the British Caribbean 1838-52
• 'Complaints are still made of inadequate clothing' : administrative muddle, Indian casualties, and the fortunes of William Humphreys
• 'A new epoch in the history of the experiment' : Indian Indentured Immigration to the British Caribbean II. 1852-70
• Conclusion : migration, the imperial state, and the British empire in 1860.

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ISBN

• 9781108833929 ((hardback))
• 1108833926
• 9781108987387 ((paperback))
• 1108987389

LCCN

2024015863

OCLC

1427657516

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