Description: Further DetailsTitle: Martial RacesCondition: NewSubtitle: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857–1914Author: Heather StreetsFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0719069637EAN: 9780719069635ISBN: 9780719069635Publisher: Manchester University PressGenre: HistoryRelease Date: 11/01/2010Description: This book explores how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs, and Nepalese Gurkhas became identified as the British Empire’s fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourse. As ‘martial races’ these men were believed to possess a biological or cultural disposition to the racial and masculine qualities necessary for the arts of war. Because of this, they were used as icons to promote recruitment in British and Indian armies - a phenomenon with important social and political effects in India, in Britain, and in the armies of the Empire. Martial races bridges regional studies of South Asia and Britain while straddling the fields of racial theory, masculinity, imperialism, identity politics, and military studies. It challenges the marginalisation of the British Army in histories of Victorian popular culture, and demonstrates the army’s enduring impact on the regional cultures of the Highlands, the Punjab and Nepal.This unique study will make fascinating reading for higher level students and experts in imperial history, military history and gender history.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 14mmItem Weight: 363gBook Series: Studies in ImperialismRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Martial Races
Title: Martial Races
Subtitle: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1
ISBN-10: 0719069637
EAN: 9780719069635
ISBN: 9780719069635
Release Date: 11/01/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Studies in Imperialism
Book Title: Martial Races : the Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Topic: Minority Studies, Men's Studies, Europe / Great Britain / General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Author: Heather Streets
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Book Series: Studies in Imperialism Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
