Gender and Empire
- ISBN-10
- 0199249512
- ISBN-13
- 9780199249510
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Philippa Levine
Description
The authors examine the conduct of men and women in the British Empire, focusing on topics such as politics, medicine, sexuality, childhood, religion and migration and ask why the empire was dominated by men and how that domination affected the conduct of imperial politics.
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