TY - BOOK AU - Sturman,Rachel Lara TI - Government of social life in colonial India : liberalism, religious law, and women's rights T2 - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society SN - 9781107010376 AV - HQ1742 .S7888 2012 U1 - 954 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Women's rights KW - India KW - History KW - Religious law KW - Social conditions KW - Great Britain KW - Colonies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-270) and index; 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 ER -