Problem of Great Importance - Population, Race, and Power in the British Empire, 19181973

Traces British imperial efforts to engage metropolitan activists who could improve its knowledge of colonial demography and design programs to influence colonial population trends. This book examines how imperial state attempted to control colonial populations using new agricultural and public health policies.

Info autore

Karl Ittmann is Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston.

Riassunto

Traces British imperial efforts to engage metropolitan activists who could improve its knowledge of colonial demography and design programs to influence colonial population trends. This book examines how imperial state attempted to control colonial populations using new agricultural and public health policies.

Testo aggiuntivo

"Viewing the empire through the lens of population allows Ittmann to see continuity across the great divide of decolonization, and provides insight into the colonial roots of many of our current ways of understanding global population and global issues."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karl Ittmann, Ittmann Karl
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9780520289543
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28954-3
• Pagine: 310
• Serie: Berkeley Series in British Studies; Berkeley Series in British Stu; Berkeley Series in British Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; History, European History, HISTORY / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General