aCambridge studies in Indian history and society ;$$v22
Print version: Newbigin, Eleanor. Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : law, citizenship and community. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 xiii, 263 pages Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 22 ISBN 9781107037830
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.