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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.' -- .

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An excellent book, lucid and fluent throughout. An impressive contribution to the history of military thought and an original addition to imperial studies -- .

Table of Contents

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
Index

Martial Races

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 11 January 2010
      ISBN-13 9780719069635
      978-0719069635
      ISBN-10 0719069637
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      History European history European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.' -- .

      Trade Review
      An excellent book, lucid and fluent throughout. An impressive contribution to the history of military thought and an original addition to imperial studies -- .

      Table of Contents

      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
      Index

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