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Dowry Murder: Reinvestigating A Cultural

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg,Veena Talwar

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Dowry Murder: Reinvestigating A Cultural

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg,Veena Talwar

Dowry in India has long been blamed for the murder of wives and female infants. Reconstructing the history of dowry in this highly provocative book, Veena Talwar Oldenburg argues that dowry is not always the motive for these killings as is widely believed; nor are these crimes a product of Indian culture or caste system. In the pre-colonial period, dowry, an institution managed by women to enable them to establish their independence, was a safety net. As a consequence of massive economic and societal upheaval brought on by British rule, however, women's control of the system diminished and dowry became extortion." -- Page 4 of cover.

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Penguin Books India

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0143063995

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9780143063995

The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-1877

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg

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The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-1877

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg

Examining the history of Lucknow, Veena Talwar Oldenburg shows how the results of its transformation after the Mutiny of 1857 continue to pervade the city even today. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400856302

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9781400856305

Dowry Murder

The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg

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Dowry Murder

The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg

Oldenburg argues that dowry murder is not about dowry per se nor is it rooted in an Indian culture or caste system that encourages violence against women. Rather, dowry murder can be traced directly to the influences of the British colonial era.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195150724

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9780195150728

Gurgaon

From Mythic Village to Millennium City

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg

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Gurgaon

From Mythic Village to Millennium City

By: Veena Talwar Oldenburg

For the aspirational migrant, rich or poor, Gurgaon is the Millennium City, with its sleek malls, sky-scraping condominiums, safe and gracious gated colonies, tenement housing, and life-changing jobs. For corporations, it is the Mecca of opportunity, as countless Fortune 500 companies have flocked to its business towers and parks, at once spacious, elegant and convenient for doing business. For its older residents, a more intriguing fate could not have befallen their small town.For the media it is the city that makes headlines, often for the wrong reasons -- brawls in pubs, crimes against women, dubious real estate transactions, mega traffic jams.But Gurgaon's existence began as an obscure hamlet, and it has had several hoary incarnations before it acquired its present density, industry, wealth and civic fabric. It is this tangled tale, more thematic than chronological, that this book tells.Veena Talwar Oldenburg has been witness to Gurgaon's astonishing evolution for over twenty years. This volume is the first ever rigorously researched narrative of the city's making that speaks to readers of modern history, audiences compelled by Gurgaon's bewildering growth and the very people who made it their home - now and for generations to come.

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Harper Collins

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9353020352

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9789353020354

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Dowry Murder: Reinvestigating A Cultural

Dowry Murder: Reinvestigating A Cultural

The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-1877

The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-1877

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Dowry Murder

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Gurgaon

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