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Newbigin, Eleanor,

The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : Law, citizenship and community / Eleanor Newbigin. - xiii, 263 p. : 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society .

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.

ISBN: 9781108461894 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--History--India--21st century.
Hindus--Social life and customs.--India
Hindus--Legal status, laws, etc.

Dewey Class. No.: 306.850954 NEW