Minority communities that are not politically dominant have traditionally evolved a relationship with the majority community that has been based on social, political and economic dependency. In India, the introduction of economic and ideological changes in the 19th century dislodged this pattern and consensus; economic changes dismantled traditional hierarchies as industry and trade replaced land as the primary source of wealth and prestige; ideological changes, necessitated by the need to accommodate emerging changes in the political, economic and social structures, produced political changes which radically altered the established order between communities.
Muslim Women in India
was originally published in India and S. Asia by
Kali for Women
A 36 Gulmohar Park
New Delhi 110 049, India
and by Zed Books Ltd. 57, Caledonian Road, London N1 9BU, UK
and 171, First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 07716, USA in the rest of the world.
Copyright Shahida Lateef, 1990
All rights reserved
Typeset by Wordtronic, 111/56 Nehru Place, New Delhi
and printed at Raj Press Pvt. Ltd., R-3, Inderpuri, New Delhi.
was originally published in India and S. Asia by
Kali for Women
A 36 Gulmohar Park
New Delhi 110 049, India
and by Zed Books Ltd. 57, Caledonian Road, London N1 9BU, UK
and 171, First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 07716, USA in the rest of the world.
Copyright Shahida Lateef, 1990
All rights reserved
Typeset by Wordtronic, 111/56 Nehru Place, New Delhi
and printed at Raj Press Pvt. Ltd., R-3, Inderpuri, New Delhi.
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