The government of social life in colonial India : liberalism, religious law, and women's rights - Sturman, Rachel Lara, 1969- (New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Map of the Bombay presidency and British India -- Introduction -- Economic governance -- Property between law and political economy -- The dilemmas of social economy -- The politics of personal law -- Hindu law as a regime of rights -- Custom and human value in the debates on Hindu marriage -- Law, community and belonging -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Includes Index and bibliography : pages 239-270.
Keywords: Women's rights -- India -- History; Religious law and legislation -- India -- History; India -- Social conditions; United Kingdom -- Colonies