Philip HarlingPhilip Harling is an historian of modern Britain and the British empire whose work focuses on politics, administration, and state formation. He is the author of Rethinking ‘Old Corruption: The Politics of Economical Reform in Britain 1779–1846 (1996) The Modern British State: An Historical Introduction (2001) and Managing Mobility: The British Imperial State and Global Migration, 1840–1860 (2024). Read More Read Less