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100 1 _aNewbigin, Eleanor,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India :
_bLaw, Citizenship and Community / [electronic resource]
_cEleanor Newbigin.
246 3 _aThe Hindu Family & the Emergence of Modern India
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (277 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aCambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _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.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107037830
830 0 _aCambridge Studies in Indian History and Society.
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795364
_zCambridge Books Online
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