Review of Simon Schama's Empire of Good Intentions

In Simon Schama’s Empire of Good Intentions, the reoccurring theme was the empirical power and how that power was used. When the British Empire was on the rise, they reached out to other less fortunate countries with the intention of helping. At least that is what the narrator portrayed. Western education was imposed on India in order to exchange the Indian man’s thought with the mind set of a British man. The truth was not a good intention, in fact, it was colonization. Eventually the people of India rebelled against the British rule.Britain’s power was also prevalent in its interaction with Ireland. East Ireland was prosperous through its trade with Britain, but west Ireland was very poor. When the potato famine of 1845 forced many peasants to migrate east, the land owners took control of the land and raised livestock which was far more prosperous then peasant farming. The narrator also made it seem like Ireland was fully responsible for the many families forced from their homes, but Britain also played a role in the mayhem.Overall, I would say that although the video was very informative, some of the information was biased. Not to mention, the movie was not the most exciting video I have seen.