The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India : Law, Citizenship and Community / [electronic resource] Eleanor Newbigin. The Hindu Family & the Emergence of Modern India Newbigin, Eleanor, author. HQ1742 .N4893 2013 306.850954 23 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a response to growing concern about women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history, this book traces the origins of the Hindu law reform project to changes in the political-economy of late colonial rule. The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India considers how questions regarding family structure, property rights and gender relations contributed to the development of representative politics, and how, in solving these questions, India's secular and state power structures were consequently drawn into a complex and unique relationship with Hindu law. In this comprehensive and illuminating resource for scholars and students, Newbigin demonstrates the significance of gender and economy to the history of twentieth-century democratic government, as it emerged in India and beyond. 2013 Text 1 online resource (277 pages) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795364 eng Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society.