List of maps
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Making the modern Indian family : property rights and the individual in Colonial Law
Financing a new citizenship : the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India
Wives and property or wives as property? : the Hindu family and women's property rights
The Hindu code bill : creating the modern, Hindu legal subject
B.R. Ambedkar's Code Bill : caste, marriage and post-colonial Indian citizenship
Family, nation and economy : establishing a post-colonial patriarchy
Conclusion
Appendix: law members involved with the Hindu code bill 1941-56
Bibliography.