{"product_id":"martial-races-heather-streets-9780719069635","title":"Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartial 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis unique study will make fascinating reading for higher level students and experts in imperial history, military history and gender history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Streets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719069637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719069635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d","brand":"Heather Streets","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947012653311,"sku":"9780719069635","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_341884f0-c00e-4350-8eea-ed31c8533d94.jpg?v=1681516188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/martial-races-heather-streets-9780719069635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}