Geraldine Hancock Forbes, Forbes Geraldine

Women in Modern India

Hindu Communalism and Partition, 1932 1947

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through their own accounts, the author traces the history of Indian women from the nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth century after Independence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780521268127
• ISBN-10: 0521268125
• Artikelnr.: 22733877

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
l. Reform in the nineteenth century: efforts to modernize women's roles
2. Education for women
3. The emergence of women's organizations
4. The movement for women's rights
5. Women in the nationalist movement
6. Women's work in colonial India
7. A time of transition
8. Women in independent India
Bibliographic essay.