Book.
The Marriage Bargain, Women and Dowries in European History. By Marion A. Kaplan.
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Women_in_Hinduism.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Here are some excerpts from a wonderfully, enlightening book, The Marriage Bargain, Women and Dowries in European History.
"In France, the dowry was almost a universal institution, even among servants, laborers and tenant farmers, until the interwar era (1918-1939). Only the poorest urban industrial workers had no dowries, and as a result many of them did not marry at all. "For the great majority of the bourgeoisie (middle class) marriage is the greatest financial operation of their lives."Â Wrote an observer of the French scene in 1927.
"What was the status of the daughter whose birth ' filled a father's heart with fear' (Dante, Renaissance poet, 1265-1321 C. E. because of the large dowry which her marriage would require?"<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Which explains the phenomenon of 80% of christians in Kerala being into dowry:
Viren posted earlier on Rajeev2004's blog entry, quoting this original from the Red Times of India
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/825415.cms
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Even in matter of dowry, Christians lead the tally with 80% families following it. Muslims tag along at 76%. Though less, Hindus too are yet to rid themselves of the social evil with 52% still under its grip.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yeah, we're trying to get rid of evil christo social customs.
The Marriage Bargain, Women and Dowries in European History. By Marion A. Kaplan.
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Women_in_Hinduism.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Here are some excerpts from a wonderfully, enlightening book, The Marriage Bargain, Women and Dowries in European History.
"In France, the dowry was almost a universal institution, even among servants, laborers and tenant farmers, until the interwar era (1918-1939). Only the poorest urban industrial workers had no dowries, and as a result many of them did not marry at all. "For the great majority of the bourgeoisie (middle class) marriage is the greatest financial operation of their lives."Â Wrote an observer of the French scene in 1927.
"What was the status of the daughter whose birth ' filled a father's heart with fear' (Dante, Renaissance poet, 1265-1321 C. E. because of the large dowry which her marriage would require?"<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Which explains the phenomenon of 80% of christians in Kerala being into dowry:
Viren posted earlier on Rajeev2004's blog entry, quoting this original from the Red Times of India
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/825415.cms
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Even in matter of dowry, Christians lead the tally with 80% families following it. Muslims tag along at 76%. Though less, Hindus too are yet to rid themselves of the social evil with 52% still under its grip.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yeah, we're trying to get rid of evil christo social customs.