Newbigin, Eleanor, <br/><br/>
The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India :  law, citizenship and community / 
Eleanor Newbigin. 
 - 263 p. : 
 - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society .
<br/><br/>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. HKBU Library 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107037830 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--History--India--21st century.<br/>Hindus--Social life and customs.--India<br/>Hindus--Legal status, laws, etc.<br/>Patriarchy--India.<br/>Women--India.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1742  / N534 H 2013