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The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India - Law, Citizenship and Community (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,334
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The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India - Law, Citizenship and Community (Hardcover, New): Eleanor Newbigin

The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India - Law, Citizenship and Community (Hardcover, New)

Eleanor Newbigin

Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society

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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.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
Release date: September 2013
First published: September 2013
Authors: Eleanor Newbigin
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 277
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-03783-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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LSN: 1-107-03783-2
Barcode: 9781107037830

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