Face him like a Briton: Tiger hunting, imperialism, and British masculinity in colonial India, 1800-1875

Victorian Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-680

  Sramek, Joseph ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 60950507103     PISSN: 00425222     EISSN: 15272052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/VIC.2006.48.4.659     Document Type: Review

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