This is a survey history of the United Kingdom's expansion from the British Isles into Africa, India, and beyond. It explores the economic motivations of the British, from outright piracy against the Spanish, to the schemes of the East India Company. The book does not hestitate to depict the brutality with which native populations were subjugated to the Crown authorities (there is a chapter called "White Plague"). It also tries to get into the Victorian's mindset and sense of mission to "improve" peoples of other cultural backgrounds. An interesting look at the Empire what was.
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This is a survey history of the United Kingdom's expansion from the British Isles into Africa, India, and beyond. It explores the economic motivations of the British, from outright piracy against the Spanish, to the schemes of the East India Company. The book does not hestitate to depict the brutality with which native populations were subjugated to the Crown authorities (there is a chapter called "White Plague"). It also tries to get into the Victorian's mindset and sense of mission to "improve" peoples of other cultural backgrounds. An interesting look at the Empire what was.
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