S1E14:The Empire of Good Intentions
A History of Britain
11 Jun 200259 minTV-14
The liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire in the 19th century quickly unraveled. As historian Simon Schama discovers, this caused the potato famine in Ireland and mutiny in India, leading to widespread violence and anger. And by the early 20th century, nationalist movements around the globe had turned their back on the British 'workshop of the world'.
