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Marriage and Family in India

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: University of Bombay publications., Sociology seriesPublication details: Calcutta Oxford University Press 1988Description: xxxii, 395 22 cmISBN:
  • 195603664
Subject(s): Summary: Traces the history of polygyny and polyandry amongst Hindus and Muslims against a background of economic circumstance and religious belief. Child-marriage, early widowhood and joint-family are discussed ... [N]ew chapters on the status of woman and family in an urban setting ... have been added.--From publisher's description.
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Traces the history of polygyny and polyandry amongst Hindus and Muslims against a background of economic circumstance and religious belief. Child-marriage, early widowhood and joint-family are discussed ... [N]ew chapters on the status of woman and family in an urban setting ... have been added.--From publisher's description.

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