{"product_id":"militarism-hunting-imperialism-paperback-softback","title":"Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe late Victorian and Edwardian officer class viewed hunting and big game hunting in particular, as a sound preparation for imperial warfare. For the imperial officer in the making, the ‘blooding’ hunting ritual was a visible ‘hallmark’ of stirling martial masculinity. Sir Henry Newbolt, the period poet of subaltern self-sacrifice, typically considered hunting as essential for the creation of a ‘masculine sporting spirit’ necessary for the consolidation and extension of the empire. Hunting was seen as a manifestation of Darwinian masculinity that maintained a pre-ordained hierarchical order of superordinate and subordinate breeds.Militarism, Hunting, Imperialismexamines these ideas under the following five sectionsmartial imperialism: the self-sacrificial subaltern‘blooding’ the middle class martial malethe imperial officer, hunting and warmartial masculinity proclaimed and consolidatedmartial masculinity adapted and adjusted.This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576655081710,"sku":"9781138880412","price":80.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138880412.jpg?v=1704444877","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/militarism-hunting-imperialism-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}