TY - BOOK AU - Sturman,Rachel Lara TI - The government of social life in colonial India: liberalism, religious law, and women's rights SN - 9781107010376 U1 - 954 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Women's rights KW - India KW - History KW - Religious law and legislation KW - Social conditions KW - Great Britain KW - Colonies N1 - 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 ER -