Effects Of British Imperialism

British Imperialism had very little to no effect on the society of Britain. According to author Bernard Porter, he discusses the various ways that Imperialism had been viewed in regards of it being unimportant. Porter goes on to talk about how imperialism had become moderately known in Victorian novels, which had inspired the adaptions of movies and television in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though references to imperialism were made, it was found that not all that was implied was in original texts were true. In schools, Imperialism wasn 't learned about as much as it was first insinuated to be. The Empire was hardly a subject lectured. This is proven by the knowledge of the education system in the time of the nineteenth century …show more content…
With the idea of “Imperial power” they weren 't thinking of the society at all. They were in it for all of the wrong reasons, some were involved for selfish gain as well. Education could have been expanded the knowledge of said Empire, making its relevancy rise. The focus on Imperialism wasn 't spread out in any sense that Britain gained anything influential in proving this was deemed a good thing, it had simply been an “idea” that hadn 't played a dominant role. Another mistake had been all of the misleading information. Britain was an imperial nation. That much was true. Though it was never truly an imperial society as it tried to set out to be. Strictly based on seeing that the majority people in hadn 't even taken notice to “imperialism” when it was around. In conclusion, British Imperialism had very no affect on the society of Britain because of the lack of commitment and understanding from the other classes of people. If the Empire and Imperialism had made a better impact on others, rather than just the middle class, relevancy would have been achieved, it would have expanded into something much greater. instead of falling flat, when its peak was barely