To look at the british empire as a contradiction because it restricted choices, but also created opportunities for many people across the world is a viewpoint of a binary nature, one could critically evaluate the merit of this argument,
The british empire became the process of enabling narratives to branch out from their brackets. For strange, unusual and unlikely things to occur to people. Specifically those that were colonised, to be more than the oppressed to inform their lives through much more than just reaction. They became these individuals of great significance for the way that they changed society. a change necessary enabling people to resist and live in a society dominated by these authorities still intact in our …show more content…
it implies some sort of vested interest, or intended outcome. This one should not not attribute to the British Empire. We should say these things manifested in spite of, or in rebellion to, the British empire. Only in that, cane some sort of entitlement of creation be given to the british Empire. Also another point of discussion are the points of authority in this thing we call the 'British Empire" we assume in these terms that this thing was all controlled and managed by some monarchs and elites sitting in some big building akin to that of something out of those imagined in George Orwells 1984. but much of the british empire was loosely controlled.. mainly only united under idea of mercantilism and profit. The British empire was more of something like a collection of British colonial entrepreneurs. e.g. .Where "Southern Rhodesia was outsourced to private company- Cecil Rhodes". Porter (2012) These private individuals and organisations who exploited the colonies massively for profit. for themselves .The money would inevitably lead back to England where these people were grounded. It was a fact that it was impossible to coordinate such an empire with such poor means of efficient and clear communication. Logistically it is impossible to …show more content…
The development of the mining industry by British grabbed, displaced and thrusted the indigenous populations into this new mineral industrial complex. Black people were stripped of all their means of autonomy and production. The colonial authority disposed them from their land and livestock. they were slowly and systematically disempowered. After all they had lost, and all that had been taken away from them. they were reduced and confined to their only remaining asset. their labour. page (63)nFurther laws were put in place to restrict their movements, in attempt to confine them to their labour camps. They worked in very degrading and dangerous conditions, Bound to this system of work with contracts. They were paid menial wages. If they rejected and subverted this labour contract, they would be subsequently arrested and put into prison. These prison institutions filled with men of similar dispositions were controlled and together lived a very insular and restricted life. These labour and prison institutions, through their highly oppressive and restrictive nature, allowed for a unique narratives to unfold. Especially that of a man called