The Spread Of British Imperialism In The 19th Century

Increasing political profits from social change and industrialization revolutionized early Britain as advanced technologies paved way for new creations (pg. 15). With new resources, new political powers from the early 18th century resulted in interconnected trade networks and globalization from all over the world. Regions like subcontinents of India and South Africa found themselves under imperialist influence as they struggled for colonial freedom. A set of new policies, governmentalities and democratic systems also ultimately brought together new mindsets of Imperialism as camps become the central solution to deal with problems that would later on last throughout time. During the nineteenth century, the British colonial government developed
54). Global pandemics and disease coming from Hong Kong circulated to India through globalized trade and imperialism. The disease further on transported to South Africa around the 19th century (pg 3). Britain was a leading factor of spreading diseases as imperial expansions across these colonies made it easier for people to get infected. Diseases like smallpox and cholera were very common and spread not just to streets, but also within city walls and towns. The different outbreaks of disease forced families to reallocate from home and many found themselves turning to the British government for help. Plague camps during the 19th century centered around the idea of segregation and isolation. By segregating the people that that carried diseases, "camps emerged not only as an instrument of social control but of sanitary surveillance" (pg. 22). In fact, anyone who was suspected to be carriers of disease and threat were thrown randomly into these camps (pg. 22). Indian camps also held thousands of people and was established to relief people's anxieties by offering food and shelter. However, children, woman and men found themselves having to work in harsh conditions such as carrying baskets of sand on their heads in order to stay in shelters that housed very bad living conditions (pg. 43). Famine and Disease complicated imperialist rule as war erupted around this