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Names: Sreenivas, Mytheli, author.

Title: Reproductive politics and the making of modern India / Mytheli Sreenivas.

Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020053120 (print) | LCCN 2020053121 (ebook) | ISBN 9780295748832 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780295748849 (paperback) | ISBN 9780295748856 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Reproductive rights—India—History—19th century. | Families—India—History—19th century. | Marriage—India—History—19th century. | Birth control—India—History. | Economic development—India—History—19th century.

Classification: LCC HQ766.5.I4 S74 2021 (print) | LCC HQ766.5.I4 (ebook) | DDC 363.9/60954—dc23

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