Gender and Empire [Hardcover]

Focusing the perspectives of gender scholarship on the study of empire produces an original volume full of fascinating new insights about the conduct of men as well as women. Bringing together disparate fields - politics, medicine, sexuality, childhood, religion, migration, and many more topics - this new collection of essays demonstrates the richness of studying empire through the lens of gender. This more inclusive look at empire asks not only why the empire was dominated by men, but how that domination affected the conduct of imperial politics. The fresh, new interpretations of the British Empire offered here will interest readers across a wide range, and will demonstrate the vitality of this innovative approach and the new historical questions it raises.


1. Why Gender and Empire?,Philippa Levine
2. Empire, Gender, and Modernity in the Eighteenth Century,Kathleen Wilson
3. Of Gender and Empire: Reflections on the Nineteenth Century,Catherine Hall
4. Gender and Empire: The Twentieth Century,Barbara Bush
5. Medicine, Gender, and Empire,Alison Bashford
6. Sexuality, Gender, and Empire,Philippa Levine
7. Gender and Migration,A. James Hammerton
8. Nations in an Imperial Crucible,Mrinalini Sinha
9. Legacies of Departure: Decolonization, Nation-making, and Gender,Urvashi Butalia
10. Empire and Violence 1900-1939,Jock McCulloch
11. Childhood and Race: Growing up in the Empire,Fiona Paisley
12. Faith, Missionary Life, and the Family,Patricia Grimshaw
13. Archive Stories: Gender in the Making of Imperial and Colonial Histories,Antoinette Burton

A powerful testament to the richness of studying empire through a gendered lens...[A] collection of essays that is essential reading for advanced students and scholars interested in the history of the British Empire. --History: Reviews of New Books