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020 _a9781108461894 (pbk.)
082 0 0 _a306.850954 NEW
100 1 _aNewbigin, Eleanor,
245 1 4 _aThe Hindu family and the emergence of modern India :
_bLaw, citizenship and community /
_cEleanor Newbigin.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axiii, 263 p. :
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aCambridge studies in Indian history and society
505 0 _aList 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.
650 0 _aFamilies
_zIndia
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aHindus
_zIndia
_xSocial life and customs.
650 0 _aHindus
_xLegal status, laws, etc.
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_cBK
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