Britain Controlled the Globe by Farming Out Colonial Governance to the East Indian Company and other Corporations

Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 2 a.m.

How did Britain \u2013 an island nation the same size as Oregon \u2013 manage to control most of the world through its colonial empires? The answer is that it didn\u2019t, at least not directly. Britain farmed out control to its imperial holdings by granting land...