The Economics of Colonialism

The British Empire exemplifies this as does the reign of Elizabeth because when she comes to power 1952 the British Empire is already in decline and literally falling apart. It's an enormous basically a hundred years struggle from the mid of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century for India to free itself from Britain culminating in the passive resistance of Mahatma Gandhi that many of you know about and have admired. Millions of people died some indirect military repression which the British tried over and over again to impose on India until they could not anymore succeed but it wasn't for lack of trying. We'll be right back with the second part of this analysis of the economics of colonialism.