Dowry payments in South Asia

There is considerable evidence that dowry payments in India have not only increased over the last five decades, but that the custom has spread into regions and communities where it was never practiced before. The aim of this thesis is to understand why these changes have occurred. A particularly...

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Main Author: Anderson, Kristin Siwan
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9828