New perspectives on the history of gender and empire : comparative and global approaches New Perspectives on the History of Gender and Empire extends our understanding of the gendered workings of empires colonialism and imperialism taking up recent impulses from gender history new imperial history and global history. The authors apply new theoretical and methodological approaches to historical case studies around the globe in order to redefine the complex relationship between gender and empire. The chapters deal not only with typical colonial empires like the British Empire but also with those less well studied such as the German Russian Italian and U.S. empires. They focus on various imperial formations from colonies in Africa or Asia to settler colonial settings like Australia New Zealand and South Africa to imperial peripheries like the Dodecanese or the Black Sea Steppe. The book deals with key themes such as intimacy sexuality and female education as well as exploring new aspects like the complex marriage regimes some empires developed or the so called servant debates. It also presents several ways in which imperial formations were structured by gender and other categories like race class caste sexuality religion and citizenship. Offering new reflections on the intimate and personal aspects of gender in imperial activities and relationships this is an important volume for students and scholars of gender studies and imperial and colonial history. Bloomsbury Publishing I. Regulating marriages and demarcating empire II. Intimate relationships and imperial encounters III. Indigenous servants and colonial homes IV. Education and schooling