Making the domestic more domestic: Criminal law and the ‘head of the household’, 1772-1843

Indian Economic & Social History Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-343

  Singha, Radhika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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