Women in Modern India

Klappentext In a compelling study of Indian women, Geraldine Forbes considers their recent history from the nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins with the reform movement, established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed women's lives enabling them to take part in public life. Through their own accounts of their lives and activities, she documents the formation of their organisations, 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. Zusammenfassung 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. She begins with the reform movement! established by men to educate women! and demonstrates how education changed women's lives! enabling them to take part in public life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Geraldine Forbes, Geraldine (State University College Forbes, Geraldine Hancock Forbes, Forbes Geraldine, Forbes Geraldine
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.05.1996
• EAN: 9780521268127
• ISBN: 978-0-521-26812-7
• Pagine: 312
• Serie: New Cambridge History of India; The New Cambridge History of India
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Women, India, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, HISTORY / Asia / South / India