<P>History is ¿about men¿. This book shows what a difference it makes to our understanding of history to put their masculinity under scrutiny.</P><BR><UL><LI>Ideal for students studying nineteenth-century social history, women's studies/men's studies, cultural studies, as well as those pursuing the history of the family and the history of the British Empire </LI><LI>Written with exceptional lucidity </LI><LI>Combines vivid historical re-creation with a clear explanation of the conceptual aspects of the subject </LI><LI>Tosh is a well-known and respected historian - his book <I>The Pursuit of History</I> (Longman) has had lifetime sales of over 79,000 copies, and his edited collection <I>Historians on History </I>(Longman) has sold over 6,300 copies in its first edition.</LI></UL>