The Law, Citizenship and Community / [electronic resource] Newbigin, Eleanor creator author. text enk 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). 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. Eleanor Newbigin. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). HQ1742 .N4893 2013 306.850954 9781139795364 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795364 UkCbUP 120928 20180107143410.0 CR9781139795364