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Jan 4, 2003 · Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World: With Niall Ferguson, John Sessions, Donald Gee, Burt Caesar.
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- 2003-01-04
- Documentary
- Niall Ferguson, John Sessions, Donald Gee
Sep 9, 2020 · Niall Ferguson's acclaimed "Empire" brilliantly unfolds the imperial story in all its splendours and its miseries, showing how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire in all history - and set the world on the road to modernity.
From January to mid-February 2003 six one-hour television programmes, four lectures to substantial audiences in the University of London’s Senate House, and a large glossy book have been devoted to his theme of ‘empire’ or, as he also puts it, ‘how Britain made the modern world’.
EMPIRE: HOW BRITAIN MADE THE MODERN WORLD. Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia.
Overview. How did Britain come to rule the world? asks Niall Ferguson in Empire. What would today's world be like now if it hadn't? Could such an organisation – run by, according to Winston Churchill, 'the greedy trader, the inopportune missionary, the ambitious soldier and the lying spectator' – ever have been a force for good? Full Cast & Crew.
In the late 19th century, the British Empire's paternalistic attitude towards colonialism takes on a militaristic and capitalist edge. Africa becomes divided up among the European powers.
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In this programme we learn about the origins of the British empire in the 17th century and how its foundations were laid, not by a grand political strategy but by British pirates, especially in the Caribbean.
