Streets Martial races

The military, race and masculinity in British imperial culture, 1857–1914
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-84779-394-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 54, 256 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

This book provides an exploration of how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empire’s fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourses of ‘martial races'. A phenomenon that had important social and political effects in India, in Britain, and in the armies of the Empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Streets, Heather

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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