The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : law, citizenship and community
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The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : law, citizenship and community / Eleanor Newbigin. |
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| Alternative titles: |
The Hindu Family & the Emergence of Modern India |
| Main author: | Newbigin, Eleanor, 1980- (Author) |
| Corporate Authors: | Cambridge Books Online |
| Format: | eBook |
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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.