Women of empire nineteenth-century army officers' wives in India and the U.S. west McInnis, Verity 1957- creator author. text bibliography History. oku 2017 monographic eng print xiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Imperial esprit de corps: nineteenth-century British and American Army officers and wives -- Imperial journeys and arrivals: couriers, circuits, and connections -- Imperial women: military adjuncts, station sisterhoods, and senior ladies -- Imperial pageantry: officers' wives as public actors and ceremonial performers -- Imperial gender crossings: officers' and wives' dress and homemaking on the edges of empire -- Imperial gatekeepers: officers' wives as social arbiters of empire -- Imperial intimacy: race, ethnicity, and class relationships within the home -- Conclusion: imperial women. Verity McInnis. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- n-us--- Great Britain. Army Military life History 19th century United States. Army Military life History 19th century Great Britain. Army. United States. Army. Officers' spouses Great Britain History 19th century Officers' spouses United States History 19th century Army spouses Great Britain History 19th century Army spouses United States History 19th century Armed Forces Military life Army spouses Officers' spouses Great Britain United States 1800-1899 fast U767 .M38 2017 355.1089/21054 9780806157740 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0806157747 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2017007064 DLC 170629 20171128145856.0 in00003902745 eng