Beschreibung:
The late Mary A. Procida was Assistant Professor of History at Temple University, Philadelphia
Situates women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism
Introduction: we are in the empirePart I: Domesticity1. Married to the empire2. Home is where the empire is3. Servants of empirePart II: Violence4. Re-writing the mutiny5. Good sports?Part III: Race6. Imperial femininity and the uplift of Indian women7. Women, men and political powerConclusionBibliographyIndex