The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India: Law, Citizenship and Community
Author:   Eleanor Newbigin (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   22
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9781316648568


Pages:   278
Publication Date:   11 May 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Eleanor Newbigin (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   22
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781316648568


ISBN 10:   1316648567
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   11 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1. Making the modern Indian family: property rights and the individual in colonial law; 2. Financing a new citizenship: the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India; 3. Wives and property or wives as property? The Hindu family and women's property rights; 4. The Hindu Code Bill: creating the modern, Hindu legal subject; 5. B. R. Ambedkar's Code Bill: caste, marriage and post-colonial Indian citizenship; 6. Family, nation and economy: establishing a post-colonial patriarchy.

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Eleanor Newbigin is Lecturer in Modern South Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London where she teaches courses on colonial and postcolonial South Asian history to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Prior to this, between 2007 and 2010, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. She has published articles in Modern Asian Studies and the Indian Economic and Social History Review.

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