The Importance of the Empire in the World

For an industrial state, the possession of colonial areas for raw material to expand the home economy is indispensable. That's what empire was. It was essential for the national project to boost national identity and pride a world full of competition. Now that rhetoric around empire seeking might have remained just rhetoric if it wasn't for two important changes in 19 20 30. The first, i think, very important change is that britain and france were two greatest global empires, and they were both declining. Clearly, they no longer had the money to sustain their vast global possessions which were becoming increasingly resistant to their rule. And importantly, because they were going through process of democratization, or incorporating more and