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
Heather Streets is Assistant Professor of British and British Imperial History at Washington State University
An excellent book, lucid and fluent throughout. An impressive contribution to the history of military thought and an original addition to imperial studiesA" David Omissi, University of Hull
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