The government of social life in colonial India: liberalism, religious law, and women's rights /
Rachel Sturman.
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- xviii, 289 p. : 24 cm
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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Women's rights--History.--India Religious law and legislation--History.--India
India--Social conditions. Great Britain--Colonies.