Routledge Imperial Leather - Race, Gender & Sexuality in Colonial History

Imperial Leather traces interconnected themes of race, gender and class across a century of British imperial history and its dismantling.

The book examines relationships between sexuality, fetishism and money within colonial contexts and power structures.

Routledge's analysis connects domestic life and gender roles to imperial economic markets and colonial expansion.

The work investigates how nationalism became gendered within both imperial and anti-imperial political zones.

Imperial Leather provides critical historical perspective on violence, sexuality and social hierarchies in colonial Britain and South Africa.