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An edition of Women in modern India (1996)

Women in modern India

1st South Asian ed.
  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

In a sympathetic and comprehensive study of Indian women, Geraldine Forbes considers their recent history from the nineteenth century under colonial rule, to the twentieth century after Independence. The author begins with the reform movement, which was established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed their lives and enabled them to take part in public life.

Through the women's own accounts of their lives and activities, she documents the formation of their organizations, their participation in the struggle for freedom, their role in the colonial economy and the development of the women's movement in India since 1947.

By relying on first-hand accounts, the author has been able to compile an immediate and accessible record of the achievements of Indian women over the last two centuries which will be of interest not only to students of South Asia, but to anyone concerned with women and their history.

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English
Pages
290

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Cover of: Women in modern India
Women in modern India
1998, Cambridge University Press
in English - 1st South Asian ed.
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Women in modern India
1996, Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Reform in the Nineteenth Century: efforts to modernize women's roles
Education for women
The emergence of women's organizations
The movements for women's rights
Women in the nationalist movement
Women's work in colonial India
A time of transition
Women in independent India.

Edition Notes

Originally published: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) and index.

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Cambridge
Series
The new Cambridge history of India -- IV, 2, New Cambridge history of India -- IV, 2.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
301.4120954 UKD
Library of Congress
HQ1742 .F67 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 290 pages
Number of pages
290

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32155064M
Internet Archive
womeninmodernind0000forb_o2w5
ISBN 10
0521612403
ISBN 13
9780521612401
OCLC/WorldCat
61226482
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B0757MT3W2

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