Rachel Sturman

The Government of Social Life in Colonial India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses religious law in colonial India, exploring how it encouraged gender equality and a rethinking of the relationship between state and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9781107010376
• ISBN-10: 1107010373
• Artikelnr.: 35063501

Autorenporträt

Rachel Sturman is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College, Maine. Her writing has appeared in many journals including Comparative Studies in Society and History, The Journal of Asian Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, and Gender and History.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Economic Governance: 1. Property between law and political economy
2. The dilemmas of social economy
Part II. The Politics of Personal Law: 3. Hindu law as a regime of rights
4. Custom and human value in the debates on Hindu marriage
5. Law, community, and belonging
Conclusion.