The government of social life in colonial India: liberalism, religious law, and women's rights / Rachel Sturman.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: xviii, 289 p. : 24 cmISBN: 9781107010376; 1107010373Subject(s): Women's rights -- India -- History | Religious law and legislation -- India -- History | India -- Social conditions | Great Britain -- ColoniesDDC classification: 954
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Map of the Bombay presidency and British India -- Introduction -- Economic governance -- Property between law and political economy -- The dilemmas of social economy -- The politics of personal law -- Hindu law as a regime of rights -- Custom and human value in the debates on Hindu marriage -- Law, community and belonging -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.
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Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Map of the Bombay presidency and British India -- Introduction -- Economic governance -- Property between law and political economy -- The dilemmas of social economy -- The politics of personal law -- Hindu law as a regime of rights -- Custom and human value in the debates on Hindu marriage -- Law, community and belonging -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.
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