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Martial Races - The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914 (Paperback)
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Martial Races - The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914 (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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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. -- .
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