Andreas EichApr 8, 20236 min readEmpireBritish Liberalism in the 19th Century: Salt Monopoly and Opium WarsMany Brexiteers wish for the ‘good old days’ when free trade made Britain, and somehow all other countries, rich. In my previous posts I...
Andreas EichApr 2, 20235 min readEmpireThe British Colonisation of IndiaThe colonisation of India is a good example of the mechanisms that drove the expansion of the Empire. As early as 1600, the East India...