Masculinity and the New Imperialism

At the end of the nineteenth century, the zenith of its imperial chauvinism and jingoistic fervour, Britain''s empire was bolstered by a surprising new ideal of manliness, one that seemed less English than foreign, less concerned with moral development than perpetual competition, less civilized than savage. This study examines the revision of manly ideals in relation to an ideological upheaval whe...