The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : : law, citizenship and community / / Eleanor Newbigin.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Cambridge University Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 pages) :; maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of maps
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Making the modern Indian family : property rights and the individual in Colonial Law
- Financing a new citizenship : the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India
- Wives and property or wives as property? : the Hindu family and women's property rights
- The Hindu code bill : creating the modern, Hindu legal subject
- B.R. Ambedkar's Code Bill : caste, marriage and post-colonial Indian citizenship
- Family, nation and economy : establishing a post-colonial patriarchy
- Conclusion
- Appendix: law members involved with the Hindu code bill 1941-56
- Bibliography.