Introduction / Samita Sen
Some historiographical challenges in approaching child marriage in India / Mary E. John
Child marriage and the second social reform movement / Bhaswati Chatterjee
Governing child marriage in India : the protracted reform process / Elvira Graner
Love and law : understanding child marriages in rural West Bengal / Ishita Chowdhury and Utsarjana Mutsuddi
Schooling, work and early marriage : girl children in contemporary Bengal / Deepita Chakravarty
Wives and workers : early marriage in West Bengal / Samita Sen and Anindita Ghosh
Linking child marriage and prostitution : the last girl / Tinku Khanna and Juanita Kakoty
Preventing child marriage in West Bengal : the experience of Barddhaman District / Biswajit Ghosh
A select bibliography / Elvira Graner and Samita Sen.