Making Women Pay: Microfinance in Urban India 9781478022169

Making Women Pay: The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights 9781501718656

Once backed primarily by anti-abortion activists, fetal rights claims are now promoted by a wide range of interest group

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Social Collateral: Women and Microfinance in Paraguay’s Smuggling Economy 9780520962200

Microcredit is part of a global trend of financial inclusion that brings banking services, especially small loans, to th

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Living Class in Urban India 9780813583945

Many Americans still envision India as rigidly caste-bound, locked in traditions that inhibit social mobility. In realit

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Public Women in British India: Icons and the Urban Stage [1° ed.] 1138282553, 9781138282551

This book foregrounds the subjectivity of ‘acting women’ amidst violent debates on femininity and education, livelihood

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The Politics of Community-making in New Urban India 9780367517960, 9708367537231, 9781003083061

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Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India 9780813570624

Although it is commonly believed that deafness and disability limits a person in a variety of ways, Valuing Deaf Worlds

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The Role of Microfinance in Women's Empowerment : A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Groups in India [1 ed.] 9781787144255, 9781787144262

While the important topic of women's empowerment through microfinance has been the subject of academic and practiti

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Rabies in the Streets: Interspecies Camaraderie in Urban India 9780271086866

Found in two-thirds of the world, rabies is a devastating infectious disease with a 99.9 percent case-fatality rate and

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Making India Awesome 9781503987371

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Women of India 9781613161043

"Women of India" by Otto Rothfield is a book about Indian women, their social life, and customs. Excerpt: &quo

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