Emigration and the State, 1833–55
An Essay in Administrative History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11005196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oliver Macdonagh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Pages | 133-159 |
| Publication date | 1955-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0080-4401 • E-ISSN: 1474-0648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3678901 |
| OpenAlex | W2315738247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper is concerned with an obscure and long defunct branch of the administration, which was instituted in 1833 and reached its climax by the middle 'fifties. The branch, which had not even a distinctive name, consisted at most of between twenty and thirty executive members, almost all half-pay naval officers, who were at first directly controlled by the colonial office, and, after 1840, subject immediately to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission. Though the corps of emigration officers, or agents, as they were indifferently called, was established in the 1830's, it by no means belonged to a new race of administrators. It did not originate in political agitation, or Benthamic or parliamentary inquiry. Its purpose and function were scarcely defined; certainly it was innocent of doctrinaire intention. No celebrated public servant, except, indirectly, James Stephen, was concerned with its workings; no considerable attention was ever drawn upon its officers. Indeed, by and large, the British public was unaffected by, and probably ignorant of, its existence
Administration (probate law · Colonialism · Commission · Economic history · Emigration · Memoir · Political science · Politics · Public office · Public servant · Servant · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Australian History and Society · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2009 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |