Heather Streets

Martial races

The military, race and masculinity in British imperial culture, 1857-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an exploration of how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empireâ s fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourses of â martial races.â -- .

Produktdetails

• Studies in Imperialism
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780719069635
• ISBN-10: 0719069637
• Artikelnr.: 29923849

Autorenporträt

Heather Streets is Assistant Professor of British and British Imperial History at Washington State University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The transformation of the British and Indian Armies in the
Rebellion of 1857 2. 'Side by side in generous rivalry': Highlanders, Sikhs
and Gurkhas in the Rebellion 3. A 'question on which the safety of the
Empire depends': the European threat, recruiting, and the development of
martial race ideology after 1870 4. 'A power which a man should try to
manage for himself': military influence and martial race discourse in
British popular culture 5. Martial races: the Inter-imperial uses of a
racially gendered language 6. Representation versus experience: life as a
martial race soldier Conclusion Bibliography Index