The government of social life in colonial India
Subtitle: liberalism, religious law, and women's rights
By: Rachel Sturman
Series: Cambridge studies in Indian history and society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781107010376
Subjects: Social conditions .; Colonies; Women's rights; Religious law; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations; title: Map of the Bombay presidency and British India; title: Introduction; title: Economic governance; title: Property between law and political economy; title: The dilemmas of social economy; title: The politics of personal law; title: Hindu law as a regime of rights; title: Custom and human value in the debates on Hindu marriage; title: Law, community and belonging; title: Conclusion; title: Select bibliography; title: Index.