Hindu Women and Marriage Law From Sacrament to Contract

Name: Hindu Women and Marriage Law From Sacrament to Contract
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ISBN: 9780195645385

ISBN-10: 0195645383

ISBN-13: 9780195645385

Edition: 2001

Authors: Monmayee Basu

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This is an in-depth study of the problems faced by Hindu women in marriage from 1856 to 1956. Remedial legislative measures to solve these problems and their likely effects on the status of women in Hindu society are also discussed at length.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 196
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface



Condition of Hindu Women during the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century



The Changing Concept of Hindu Marriage



Age of Marriage



Shackles for the Widow



Dowry



Severing the Sacred Tie



Right to Property


Epilogue


Glossary


Appendices


Bibliography


Index