Dowry Murder
Subtitle: The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: July 4, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780195150728
First sentence: It is difficult to define contemporary dowry with the simplicity and clarity that Manu gave to term stridhan, or the "sixfold property of a woman."