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256 pages • first pub 2005 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780719069635
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Edition Pub Date: 02 March 2005
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...
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256 pages • first pub 2005 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780719069635
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Edition Pub Date: 02 March 2005
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...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings