BBC Empire Part 4: Making a Fortune

Empire is a 2012 BBC and Open University co-production, written and presented by Jeremy Paxman, charting the rise of the British Empire from the trading companies of India to the rule over a quarter of the world's population and the legacy in the modern world. Episode 4, Making a Fortune, focuses on the Imperial economy and how trade often preceded rule. 

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