| Description |
xii, 247 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Law, custom and statutory social reform : the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856 / Lucy Carroll -- Limitations on female life chances in rural central Gujarat / Alice Clark -- Jajmani relations in Tirunelveli district : a case study of the Kottai Pillaimar, 1839-1979 / Kamala Ganesh -- The daughters of Aryavarta / Madhu Kishwar -- Muslim women and the control of property in North India / Gregory C. Kozlowski -- Family and factory : women in the Bombay cotton textile industry, 1919-1939 / Radha Kumar -- Kunti's cry : indentured women on Fiji plantations / Brij V. Lal -- Impact of modernisation on women's occupations : a case study of the rice-husking industry of Bengal / Mukul Mukherjee -- Reserved seats : women and the vote in Bombay / Gail Pearson -- Female agricultural labourers of Nellore, 1881-1981 / M. Atchi Reddy -- Politics and women in Bengal : the conditions and meaning of participation / Tanika Sarkar. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Women -- India -- History.
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| Added Author |
Krishnamurty, J. (Jayasankar), 1941-
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| ISBN |
0195623479: Rs190.00 |
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