02257nam a22003378a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002500194082001900219100003200238245013200270246005300402264005200455300005900507336002600566337002600592338003600618490005200654500007300706520096200779776003501741830005301776856007101829999001901900CR9781139795364UkCbUP20180107143410.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120928s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139795364 (ebook)  z9781107037830 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aHQ1742 b.N4893 201300a306.8509542231 aNewbigin, Eleanor,eauthor.14aThe Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India :bLaw, Citizenship and Community / [electronic resource]cEleanor Newbigin.3 aThe Hindu Family & the Emergence of Modern India 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (277 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aCambridge Studies in Indian History and Society  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aBetween 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.08iPrint version: z9781107037830 0aCambridge Studies in Indian History and Society.40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795364zCambridge Books Online  c236404d236404