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The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : Law, citizenship and community / Eleanor Newbigin.

By: Series: Cambridge studies in Indian history and societyPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: xiii, 263 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781108461894
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.850954 NEW-1 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1742 .N4893 2013
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.
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Includes bibliographical references.

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.