Enslaved daughters : colonialism, law, and women's rights / Sudhir Chandra.

New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

2nd edition

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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History. -- India.

Women -- Social conditions -- India.

India -- History -- British occupation.

1. --2. --3. --4. --5. Rukhmabai and her case A disputed character The law on trial A challenge to be civilized The brutal embrace: let it stand.

A critical study of a suit for restitution of conjugal rights filed against Rukhmabai, 1864-1955, an Indian women.

"With an afterword."

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780195695731

0195695739

xiii, 265 p. ; 23 cm