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    India and the British Empire

    Number of Pages: 7

     

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    In a paper consisting of seven pages the relationship between India and Great Britain is examined with the focus upon the Victorian Golden Jubilee period and the issues of imperialism and colonialism. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.

    Name of Research Paper File: JL5_JLbritemp.rtf

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    Even though there are, in theory, differences between the concepts of imperialism and colonialism, it is also  the case that the boundaries between the two can become blurred. Imperialism is grounded in ideology, while colonialism is driven by commercial motives. In terms of the expansion of the  British empire in the nineteenth century, it is evident that there were both ideological and commercial elements in the way that Britain extended its domination across the world.  1897, the year of Victorias Diamond Jubilee, could be construed as the highest point  of the British Empire: at the time, there were numerous analogies presented between the Roman Empire and that of the British. It is notable that, despite the fact that the  Romans conquered and exploited the native Britons, generations later there was still a perception within the national cultural consciousness that the Roman occupation had had a positive, rather than a  negative impact. The Romans were seen as having brought various  elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequently likened to the Pax Romana.  It was certainly the case that British ideologies and values were at one  point seen in the colonies as having a positive influence: Gandhi, for example, was for some time in favour of British rule in India continuing, since he was familiar with 

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