Empire migration and identity in the British World Studies in Imperialism

The essays in this volume have been written by leading experts in their respective fields and bring together established scholars with a new generation of migration and transnational historians. Their work weaves together the 'new' imperial and the 'new' migration histories, and is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the interplay of migration within and between the local, regional, imperial, and transnational arenas. Furthermore, these essays set an important analytical benchmark for more integrated and comparative analyses of the range of migratory processes - free and coerced - which together impacted on the dynamics of power, forms of cultural circulation and making of ethnicities across a British imperial world. This Volume Brings Together Established Scholars With A New Generation Of Migration And Transnational Historians. Their Work Weaves Together The 'new' Imperial And The 'new' Migration Histories, And Explores The Interplay Of Migration Within And Between The Local, Regional, Imperial, And Transnational Arenas. Introduction : Mapping The Contours Of The British World : Empire, Migration And Identity / Kent Fedorowich And Andrew S. Thompson -- Malthus And The Uses Of British Emigration / Eric Richards -- 'sprung From Ourselves' : British Interpretations Of Mid-nineteenth-century Racial Demographics / Kathrin Levitan -- Religious Nationalism And Clerical Emigrants To Australia, 1828-1900 / Hilary M. Carey -- Resistance And Accommodation In Christian Mission : Welsh Presbyterianism In Sylhet, Eastern Bengal, 1860-1940 / Aled Jones -- Asian Migration And The British World, C. 1850-1914 / Rachel Bright -- Righting The Record? British Child Migration : The Case Of The Middlemore Homes, 1872-1972 / Michele Langfield -- Travelling Colonist : British Emigration And The Construction Of Anglo-canadian Privilege / Lisa Chilton -- 'dear Grace...love Madie' : Interpreting A Migrant's Letters From Australia, 1926-27 / Stephen Constantine -- Staying On Or Going 'home'? Settlers' Decisions Upon Zambian Independence / Jo Duffy -- 'i'm A Citizen Of The World' : Late Twentieth-century British Emigration And Global Identities - The End Of The 'british World'? / A. James Hammerton -- Multiculturalism, Decolonization And Immigration : Integration Policy In Britain And France After The Second World War / Eleanor Passmore And Andrew S. Thompson. Edited By Kent Fedorowich And Andrew S. Thompson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Empire, migration and identityin the British World 2 Contents 8 List of tables 10 Notes on contributors 11 General editor’s introduction 15 Acknowledgements 18 Introduction: Mapping the contours of the British World: empire, migration and identity : Kent Fedorowich and Andrew S. Thomp 20 1 Malthus and the uses of British emigration: Eric Richards 61 2 ‘Sprung from ourselves’: British interpretations of mid-nineteenth-century racial demographics: Kathrin Levitan 79 3 Religious nationalism and clerical emigrants to Australia, 1828–1900: Hilary M. Carey 101 4 Resistance and accommodation in Christian mission: Welsh Presbyterianism in Sylhet, Eastern Bengal, 1860–1940: Aled Jones 126 5 Asian migration and the British World, c.1850–c.1914: Rachel Bright 147 6 Righting the record? British child migration: the case of the Middlemore Homes, 1872–1972: Michele Langfield 169 7 Travelling colonist: British emigration and the construction of Anglo-Canadian privilege: Lisa Chilton 188 8 ‘Dear Grace . . . Love Maidie’: interpreting a migrant’s letters from Australia, 1926–67: Stephen Constantine 211 9 Staying on or going ‘home’? Settlers’ decisions upon Zambian independence: Jo Duffy 233 10 ‘I’m a citizen of the world’: late twentieth-century British emigration and global identities – the end of the ‘British World’?: A. James Hammerton 251 11 Multiculturalism, decolonisation and immigration: integration policy in Britain and France after the Second World War: Eleanor Passmore and Andrew S. Thompson 266 Index 284