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Situates women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism

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'A fascinating and fluently written narrative of Anglo-India, making a lively and perceptive contribution to the burgeoning academic literature on gender and empire.'
Barbara Bush, Reader in Imperial History, Staffordshire University

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Table of Contents

Introduction: we are in the empire
Part I: Domesticity
1. Married to the empire
2. Home is where the empire is
3. Servants of empire
Part II: Violence
4. Re-writing the mutiny
5. Good sports?
Part III: Race
6. Imperial femininity and the uplift of Indian women
7. Women, men and political power
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 2/28/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719091339, 978-0719091339
      ISBN10: 0719091330

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Situates women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism

      Trade Review

      'A fascinating and fluently written narrative of Anglo-India, making a lively and perceptive contribution to the burgeoning academic literature on gender and empire.'
      Barbara Bush, Reader in Imperial History, Staffordshire University

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: we are in the empire
      Part I: Domesticity
      1. Married to the empire
      2. Home is where the empire is
      3. Servants of empire
      Part II: Violence
      4. Re-writing the mutiny
      5. Good sports?
      Part III: Race
      6. Imperial femininity and the uplift of Indian women
      7. Women, men and political power
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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